Amritsar-Pathankot Railway

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Amritsar-Pathankot Railway
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Line of route
Amritsar to Pathankot
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 66 miles
Timeline
1884 Amritsar to Pathankot opened
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Amritsar, Pathankot
System agency
1884 Local Government line worked by North Western Railway
1892 North Western Railway
How to interpret this infobox

The Amritsar-Pathankot Railway was a 66 mile (107km) broad gauge(BG) line linking Amritsar to Pathankot; the line opened in 1884.

The railway originally belonged to the local government and was transferred to the North Western Railway(NWR) in 1892. [1]

The line became a branch of the NWR Ghaziabad- Lahore Mainline and described as the 'NWR Pathankot Branch Line’, 67 miles(107km), a branch from Amritsar via Dinanager to Pathankot, opened 1884 by SP&DR, became NWR from 1886.

Further Information

See also North Western Railway - Lines operated and worked

References

  1. Wikipedia "Amritsar Pathankot Line" Retrieved on 15 Feb 2016