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Adding short description: "Rail station in Punjab, India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{short description|Rail station in Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Mukerian Railway station
| native_name = 
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Mukerian railway station 2.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = Kishan pura Mukerian city
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|31.9413|N|75.6123|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| elevation = {{convert|257|m|ft}}
| line = [[Jalandhar–Jammu line]]
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 3
| tracks = [[Indian gauge|Broad gauge]] {{track gauge|1676mm}}
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = 1915
| closed =
| rebuilt = after [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965]]
| electrified = 2014
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = MEX
| division = Firozpur
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Punjab#India|map
| caption = Location in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
}}

'''Mukerian railway station''' is located in [[Hoshiarpur district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and serves [[Mukerian]] .

==The railway station==
Mukerian railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|257|m|ft}} and was assigned the code – MEX.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/mukerian-mex/95 |title= Mukeria|publisher= indiarailinfo| access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref>

==History==
The line from [[Jalandhar]] City to [[Mukerian]] city was constructed in 1915.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_hsp10.htm#ch7c | title= Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers | work= Chapter VII Communications – Railways | publisher= | access-date= 14 February 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105330/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_hsp10.htm#ch7c | archive-date= 4 March 2016 | url-status= dead }}</ref> The [[Mukerian]]–[[Pathankot]] line was built in 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020420/windows/main2.htm |title= Train tales from bygone era|publisher= The Tribune, 20 April 2002 | access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref> The construction of the Pathankot–Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], and opened in 1971.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html | title=IR History: Part V (1970–1995) |publisher= IRFCA | access-date = 14 February 2014 }}</ref>

==Electrification==
Electrification work of the [[Jalandhar–Jammu line]] is on. As of 2010–11 around 100 km had been electrified.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,532,565| title=Railway Electrification |publisher=Railway Electrification Directorate, Indian Railways | access-date = 14 February 2014 }}</ref> As of 2013, electrification was expected to be completed in about a year.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.earlytimeplus.com/newsdet.aspx?q=3784| title= Electrification of Jammu Pathankot track likely to take another year| publisher= Early Time Plus| access-date= 13 February 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140225213432/http://www.earlytimeplus.com/newsdet.aspx?q=3784| archive-date= 25 February 2014| url-status= dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/mukerian-mex/95 Trains at Mukerian]

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{{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= Ghaunspur| next= Mushahibpur |line= Northern Railway zone|branch= [[Jalandhar–Jammu line]] |rows1=1}}
{{s-end}}

{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Hoshiarpur district]]
[[Category:Firozpur railway division]]

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>MB: Adding short description: "Rail station in Punjab, India" (Shortdesc helper)