Owned by Indian Railways Structure type Standard on ground Opened 1862 Owner Indian Railways | Operated by Northern Railway Elevation 233 m Phone 089686 38573 Platforms in use 6 | |
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Location Putlighar Road, Amritsar, Punjab
India Line(s) Ambala–Attari line
Amritsar–Pathankot line
Amritsar-Khemkaran line Tracks 9 (5 ft 6 in [1,676 mm] Indian gauge) Address Guru Arjun Nagar, Amritsar, Punjab 143002 Similar Ludhiana Junction railway st, Jalandhar City railway station, Ambala Cantonment Junction r, Jalandhar Cantonment railway st, New Delhi railway station | ||
Amritsar railway station is located in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Amritsar.
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The railway station
Amritsar railway station is 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.In the 2016 railway budget,Government has aimed the beautification of the railway station as it is the main station of the holy city. The railway station is the first and only wifi-enabled in the division and has also gone CCTV enabled recently. In the recent Railway budget,it has been mentioned that Amritsar Junction will be beautified due to its importance in various fields.
History
The Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway completed the Multan-Lahore-Amritsar line in 1865. Amritsar-Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore in 1862.
The 78 km (48 mi) long Amritsar–Khem Karan railway line runs through Tarn Taran and Patti. A 54 km (34 mi) long line links Amritsar to Dera Baba Nanak on the bank of the Ravi.
The 107 km (66 mi) Amritsar–Pathankot route runs through Batala and Gurdaspur. The 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Amritsar-Pathankot line was opened in 1884.
Electrification
The Phagwara-Jallandhar City-Amritsar sector was electrified in 2003–04.
Passenger movement
Amritsar is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. Amritsar has also became the first railway station in the state to be wifi-enabled.With this announcement,concerns are also raised to increase the capacity of the railway station from current 6 platforms to 12 platforms and make it on the standards of the International Airport as it is the most important and the busiest railway terminus of the state.2 more esclators would be installed in the station from Platform 5 as Platform 1 has already 2.
Trains
This is a list of the some of the most popular trains departing/arriving from/at Amritsar.
Amenities
Amritsar railway station has a tourist information centre, computerized reservation counters, waiting room, retiring room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms, bookstall, General Railway Police post, and telephone booths.
Distance from railway station: Golden temple 3.2 km, Jallianwallah Bagh 3.6 km, Durgiana temple 2 km, Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 4.4 km, bus stand 2.7 km, airport 9.6 km, Wagah border 25 km.
Railway workshop
Amritsar railway workshop carries out periodic overhaul of WDS-4 locos and breakdown cranes and bogie manufacture.