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{{Short description|Railway line in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 28em
| name = Moradabad – Ambala line
| color =
| logo = 
| logo_width = 100 px
| image = Saharanpur Railway Station, Uttar Pradesh.jpg
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| caption = Saharanpur, an important railway station, lies on Moradabad–Ambala line
| type =
| system =
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Indo-Gangetic Plain|Gangetic Plain]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]] and [[Haryana]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Moradabad}}
| end = [[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala]]
| stations =
| routes =
| open = 1886
| close =
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]
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| stock =
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| tracklength = {{convert|274|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
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| elevation = Moradabad {{convert|201|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br/>Ambala Cantonment {{convert|272.530|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| website =
| map = {{Moradabad–Ambala line}}
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The '''Moradabad–Ambala line''' (also known as Moradabad–Ambala main line) is a railway line connecting {{stnlnk|Moradabad}} in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and {{stnlnk|Ambala Cantonment}} in [[Haryana]]. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]].

==History==
The [[Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway]] completed the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|adj=mid|-long}} {{stnlnk|Amritsar}}–[[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala]]–{{stnlnk|Saharanpur}}–{{stnlnk|Ghaziabad}} line in 1870 connecting [[Multan Cantonment railway station|Multan]] (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.

The [[Varanasi Junction railway station|Varanasi]]–[[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow]]–{{stnlnk|Moradabad}} main line of [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] was extended to {{stnlnk|Saharanpur}} in 1886.<ref name=orr>{{cite web | url = http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.html | title = Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | publisher = Management Ebooks | access-date = 25 January 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140111051716/http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.html | archive-date = 11 January 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==Electrification==
The [[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala]]–{{stnlnk|Saharanpur}} sector was electrified in 1996–98 and {{stnlnk|Saharanpur}}–[[Roorkee]] in 2003–04.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title=History of Electrification| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> The Roorkee–Mordabad sector was electrified around 2005–06.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ireeindia.org/Projectwise.pdf| title=Ambala–Jagadhri-Saharanpur–Moradabad| access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>

The [[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala]]–[[Laksar]]–{{stnlnk|Moradabad}} sector is an electrified double-line.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://sites.google.com/site/indianraildaytoday/railway-gauge-conversion| title=Indian Rail Day to Day| access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>

==Sheds and workshops==

[[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala]] has an outstation shed for [[Shakur Basti (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Shakurbasti]] WDS-4 locos. Jagadhari has a [[Carriage & Wagon Workshop, Jagadhari|carriage and wagon workshop]] and a bridge workshop.<ref name=sheds>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref>

==Speed limit==
The [[Ambala Cantonment to Ludhiana jn ]] line is classified as a "Group B" line and can take speeds up to 130 km/ h.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRPWM/PermanentWayManualCh2_data.htm |title = Chapter II – The Maintenance of Permanent Way| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 25 January 2014 }}</ref>

==Passenger movement==
{{stnlnk|Moradabad}} and {{stnlnk|Ambala Cantonment}} on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref>

==Railway reorganisation==
Around 1872, the [[Indian Branch Railway Company]] was transformed into [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]].<ref name=irfcai>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title = IR History: Early History (1832-1869) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/OudhandRohilkandRly.pdf | title = The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | publisher = Old Martinian Association | access-date = 25 January 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621225555/http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/OudhandRohilkandRly.pdf | archive-date = 21 June 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Indian_Branch_Railway |title = Indian Branch Railway | publisher= fibis| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref> Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged with [[East Indian Railway Company]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History III : (1900–1947) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref>

The Government of India took over the Bengal and North-Western Railway and merged it with the Rohilkhand and Kumaon Railway to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] in 1943.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Bengal_and_North-Western_Railway |title =Bengal and North-Western Railway | publisher= fibis| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref>

In 1952, [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]], [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] and [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railway]] were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]], east of Mughalsarai and [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]. Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. North Eastern Railway was formed with [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]], Assam Railway and a portion of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography – Railway Zones| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref> East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/ |title = East Central Railway| publisher= ECR| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref> North Central Railway was formed in 2003.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,261|title = North Central Railway| publisher= NCR| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/moradabad-junction-mb/338 Trains at Moradabad]
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/roorkee-rk/543 Trains at Roorkee]
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/saharanpur-junction-sre/340 Trains at Saharanpur]
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/ambala-cantt-junction-umb/341 Trains at Ambala Cantonment]

{{Railways in Northern India}}

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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Haryana]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1886]]
[[Category:Moradabad railway division|*]]
[[Category:Ambala railway division|*]]
[[Category:Transport in Ambala]]

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