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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
- ↑ Wikipedia "Amritsar Pathankot Line" Retrieved on 15 Feb 2016