Template:Infobox station Batala railway station is located in Gurdaspur district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves the industrial town of Batala .
The railway station
Batala railway station is at an elevation of Template:Convert and was assigned the code – BAT.[1]
History
The Template:Convert long Template:Track gauge-wide Template:Track gauge broad gaugeAmritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.[2] It originally belonged to the local government and was transferred to North Western Railway in 1892.[3]
Developments
The Template:Convert Qadian–Beas link was approved in 2011. It would provide direct and shorter access from Batala to Ambala–Attari line.[4]
References
- ↑ Arrivals at Batala Junction. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ↑ Chapter VII. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Digital South Asia Library. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 325.. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Qadian–Beas rail project gets Centre nod. The Indian Express, 14 December 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
External links
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