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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Railway station in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Phagwara Junction<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = NH 1, Prem Nagar, [[Phagwara]], [[Kapurthala district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| country = {{flagu|India}}<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|31.217|N|74.765|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|245|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Ambala–Attari line]], <br> [[Phagwara–Jaijon Doaba line]]<br />
| structure = Standard on ground<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = 5 {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]<br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
| opened = 1870<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Yes<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = PGW<br />
| zone = [[Northern Railway zone]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Firozpur}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railways]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
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| map_type = India Punjab<br />
| map_dot_label = Phagwara Junction<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| map_caption = Location in Punjab<br />
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways<br />
|line=Northern Railway zone|left=Mauli Halt|right=Chiheru|type=[[Ambala–Attari line]]<br />
|line2=Northern Railway zone|left2=|right2=Bahram|type2=[[Phagwara–Jaijon Doaba line]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Phagwara Junction railway station''' is located on [[Ambala–Attari line]] in [[Kapurthala district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and serves the textile town of [[Phagwara]].<br />
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==The railway station==<br />
Phagwara railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|245|m|ft}} and was assigned the code PGW.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/phagwara-junction-pgw/661 |title= Arrivals at Phagwara|publisher= indiarailinfo| accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The [[Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway]] completed the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting [[Multan Cantonment railway station|Multan]] (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title= IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899) |publisher= IRFCA| accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Phillaur–Phagwara sector was electrified in 2002–03, and the Phagwara–Jallandhar City–Amritsar sector in 2003–04.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title=History of Electrification| publisher=IRFCA| accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/phagwara-junction-pgw/661 Trains at Phagwara]<br />
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{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Kapurthala district]]<br />
[[Category:Firozpur railway division]]<br />
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