Ambala railway division

Ambala railway division is one of the five railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.{{cite web |title=Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=168812. |website=Press Information Bureau |publisher=Ministry of Railways (Government of India) |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=21 July 2017}} It was formed on 1 July 1987 and its headquarters is located at Ambala in the Indian state of Haryana.

Delhi railway division, Firozpur railway division, Lucknow NR railway division and Moradabad railway division are the other railway divisions under NR Zone headquartered at New Delhi.{{cite web|title=Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |work=Indian Railways |access-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319003737/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2015 |df=dmy }}{{Cite web|url = http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,263,314,319|title = Ambala Railway Division|access-date = 13 January 2016|website = Railway Board|publisher = Northern Railway zone}}

History

Ambala division came in to existence on 1 July 1987 when 639 km tracks from Delhi Division and 348 km from Firozpur Division were transferred under it and it became completely operational from 15 August 1988. 62% part of it lies in Punjab and the rest in Haryana (Ambala-Yamunanagar and Ambala-Kurukshetra line), Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh (including UNESCO World Heritage Kalka Shimla Railway), Uttar Pradesh (Ambala-Yamunanagar section of Ambala-Yamunanagar-Saharanpur-Delhi line), and Rajasthan (Patiala-Abhoar-Ganganagar line). It has 141 stations.[http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,263,314,319 Ambala Division map and history].

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Ambala railway division and their station category.{{cite web|title=Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011 |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/StationRedevelopment/AI&ACategoryStns.pdf |access-date=15 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128044328/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/StationRedevelopment/AI%26ACategoryStns.pdf |archive-date=28 January 2016 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|title=PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation of Stations|url=http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045206/http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#fff;"
style="background:#ffd750;" ! \| Category of station ! style="background:#ffd750;" ! \| No. of stations ! style="background:#ffd750;" ! \| Names of stations
style="text-align:center;" \| A-1 Category \| style="text-align:center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{rws\|Ambala Cantonment Junction}}, {{rws\|Chandigarh}},
style="text-align:center;" \| A Category \| style="text-align:center;" \| 7 \| style="text-align:center;" \|Bathinda Junction, {{rws\|Jagadhri}}, {{rws\|Kalka}}, {{rws\|Patiala}}, {{rws\|Rajpura Junction}}, {{rws\|Saharanpur Junction}}, Sirhind, Jakhal Junction
style="text-align:center;" \| B Category \| style="text-align:center;" \| - \| style="text-align:center;" \| -
style="text-align:center;" \| C Category (Suburban station) \| style="text-align:center;" \| - \| style="text-align:center;" \| -
style="text-align:center;" \| D Category \| style="text-align:center;" \| - \| style="text-align:center;" \| -
style="text-align:center;" \| E Category \| style="text-align:center;" \| - \| style="text-align:center;" \| -
style="text-align:center;" \| F Category Halt Station \| style="text-align:center;" \| - \| style="text-align:center;" \| -
style="text-align:center;" \| Total \| style="text-align:center;" \| - \| style="text-align:center;" \| -

class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#fff;"

style="background:#ffd750;" ! | Category of station

! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | No. of stations

! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | Names of stations

style="text-align:center;" | A-1 Category

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | {{rws|Ambala Cantonment Junction}}, {{rws|Chandigarh}},

style="text-align:center;" | A Category

| style="text-align:center;" | 7

| style="text-align:center;" |Bathinda Junction, {{rws|Jagadhri}}, {{rws|Kalka}}, {{rws|Patiala}}, {{rws|Rajpura Junction}}, {{rws|Saharanpur Junction}}, Sirhind, Jakhal Junction

style="text-align:center;" | B Category