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(Station code: MKS) City's railway station is located on Bura Gujjar road, Sri Muktsar Sahib in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Sri Muktsar Sahib city which is the administrative headquarter of the district. Sri Muktsar Sahib railway station falls under Firozpur railway division of Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways. [1]
The Amritsar railway station is located at an elevation of 233 metres (764 ft) and was assigned the code "ASR." With this, it has become the busiest railway station of the state in terms of passenger movement and train traffic.
Sirhind Junction railway station is located in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Sirhind & Fatehgarh Sahib. Sirhind Junction is situated on Attari–Delhi line and connect Sirhind–Una line. Sirhind Junction comes under Northern Railway zone in Ambala railway division.
'A Railway Train', lithographed sketch by Hurnam Singh, circa mid-19th century The Punjab Railway was established shortly after the Scinde Railway Act of Parliament in July 1855 was passed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Punjab Railway began soon after the Karachi-Kotri Railway Line opened in 13 May 1861.
Rajpura Junction railway station is located at an elevation of 269.21 metres (883.2 ft) above sea level. This station is located on the double track, 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm ) broad gauge , Ambala–Sirhind section of Ambala–Attari line and single track BG Bathinda–Rajpura line .
The 107 km (66 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884. [2]The 164 km (101.9 mi)-long 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)-wide narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar was commissioned in 1929.
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483 km (300 mi)-long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Sahnewal–Chandigarh rail link (also referred to as Ludhiana–Chandigarh rail link) was inaugurated in 2013.
Attari Shyam Singh Railway Station is located in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Attari and the Wagah border with Pakistan. [1]In May 2015, Government of Punjab changed the name of station to Attari Sham Singh railway station after Sham Singh Atariwala who was general in the Sikh Empire.