Phagwara Junction railway station

{{short description|Railway station in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Phagwara Junction

| type = Indian Railways junction station

| style = Indian Railways

| image =

| image_caption =

| address = NH 1, Prem Nagar, Phagwara, Kapurthala district, Punjab

| country = {{flagu|India}}

| coordinates = {{Coord|31.217|N|74.765|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}

| elevation = {{convert|245|m|ft}}

| line = Ambala–Attari line,
Phagwara–Jaijon Doaba line

| structure = At grade

| platform = 3

| tracks = 5 {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} broad gauge

| parking = Yes

| bicycle = No

| opened = 1870

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = Yes

| accessible =

| code = {{Indian railway code

| code = PGW

| zone = Northern Railway

| division = {{rwd|Firozpur}}

}}

| owned = Indian Railways

| operator = Northern Railways

| status = Functioning

| former =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| map_type = India Punjab

| map_dot_label = Phagwara Junction

| map_size = 300

| map_caption = Location in Punjab

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways

|line=Northern Railway zone|left=Mauli Halt|right=Chiheru|type=Ambala–Attari line

|line2=Northern Railway zone|left2=|right2=Bahram|type2=Phagwara–Jaijon Doaba line}}

}}

Phagwara Junction railway station is located on Ambala–Attari line in Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves the textile town of Phagwara.

The railway station

Phagwara railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|245|m|ft}} and was assigned the code PGW.{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/phagwara-junction-pgw/661 |title= Arrivals at Phagwara|publisher= indiarailinfo| accessdate=20 February 2014}}

History

The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title= IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899) |publisher= IRFCA| accessdate=20 February 2014}}

Electrification

The Phillaur–Phagwara sector was electrified in 2002–03, and the Phagwara–Jallandhar City–Amritsar sector in 2003–04.{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title=History of Electrification| publisher=IRFCA| accessdate=20 February 2014}}

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