Structure type Standard on ground Opened 1870 | Elevation 271 m Phone 094164 58683 Platforms in use 3 | |
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Location Main Market, Sirhind, PunjabIndia Line(s) Ambala-Attari lineSirhind-Nangal line Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Similar Rajpura Junction railway st, Ambala Cantonment Junction r, Ludhiana Junction railway st, Jalandhar Cantonment Junction r, Amritsar Junction railway st | ||
Sirhind railway station is located in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Sirhind-Fategarh .
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The railway station
Sirhind railway station is at an elevation of 271 metres (889 ft) and was assigned the code – SIR.
History
The Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the 483 km (300 mi) long Amritsar-Ambala-Saharanpur-Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.
The Sirhind-Nangal line was opened in 1927.
Electrification
The Shahbad Markanda-Mandi Gobindgarh sector was electrified in 1995-96.
References
Sirhind railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA