Owned by Indian Railways Structure type Standard on ground Opened 1870 Platforms in use 3 | Operated by Northern Railway Elevation 239 m Owner Indian Railways | |
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Location Opposite GT Road, near Rama Mandi, Jalandhar, Punjab
India Line(s) Ambala–Attari line
Jalandhar-Jammu line
Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur line Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Address NH 1, Dakoha, Rama Mandi, Jalandhar, Punjab 144005 Similar Jalandhar City railway station, Ludhiana Junction railway st, Pathankot Cantonment railway st, Ambala Cantonment Junction r, Jammu Tawi railway st | ||
Jalandhar Cantonment railway station is located in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Jalandhar .
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The railway station
Jalandhar Cantonment railway station is at an elevation of 239 metres (784 ft) and was assigned the code – JRC.
History
The Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the 483 km (300 mi) long Amritsar-Jalandhar-Ambala-Saharanpur-Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.
The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915. The Mukerian-Pathankot line was built in 1952. The construction of the Pathankot-Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971.
Hoshiarpur was linked by rail with Jullundur Cantonment in 1913.
Electrification
The Phagwara-Jalandhar City-Amritsar sector was electrified in 2003–04.
DMU shed
India’s first and largest DMU shed at Jalandhar holds 90 units placed in service in rural Punjab. It also houses two BEML built rail buses which operate on the Beas-Goindwal Sahib line.