Kangra Valley Railway

Kangra Valley Railway
	Template:Kangra Valley Railway Kangra Valley Railway Map
Overview
Stations called at	33
Headquarters	Kangra
Technical
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Length	164 kilometres (102 mi)

The Kangra Valley Railway is a Template:TrackGauge gauge railway that runs from Pathankot, Punjab to Jogindernagar in Himachal Pradesh. It runs through the sub-Himalayan region of Kangra Valley and is164 km (101.9 mi) long. The railway is part of the Firozpur division of Northern Railway.

The highest point on this line is Ahju station at an elevation of 1,290 meters (4,230 ft). There are 33 stops.

History[edit]

The railway line was planned in May 1926 and commissioned in 1929. The line has two tunnels, one of which is 250 ft (76 m) and the other 1,000 ft (300 m) in length. Trains on this narrow gauge line are pulled by small and less powerful engines than on a broad gauge main line, therefore steep ascents had to be avoided. But instead of expensively boring through the mountains on a straight way, a much longer right-of-way further south was chosen that allowed gentle slopes. From 1942 to 1954 there was no train service east of Nagrota.

When the Maharana Pratap Sagar was constructed, the line had to be diverted between Jawanwala Shahr and Guler into higher grounds along the eastern shore of the new reservoir. In 1973, the section between these two stations, along with Anur, Jagatpur, and Mangwal stations was abandoned, and the new alignment with several new stations opened three years later.

Stations[edit]

Pathankot:- Pathankot railway station is located in the Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot.
Dalhousie Road:- The railway station is located nearby the road goes to Dalhousie road.
Kandiwal
Nurpur Road:- The station is located in Jassur which only a few kilometers away from Nurpur town.
Talara
Balleda Pir Larath
Bharmar
Jawanwala Shahr
Harsar Dehri
Meghraj Pura
Nagrota Surian:- It serves Nagrota Surian town of Himachal pradesh.
Barial Himachal Pradesh
Nandpur Bhatauli
Haripur Guler
Tripal
Jwalamukhi Road
Koparlahar
Kangra:- Station serves Kangra town in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Kangra Mandir
Samloti
Nagrota:- It serves Nagrota town of Himachal pradesh.
Chamunda Marg
Paror
Sulah Himachal Pradesh
Palampur Himachal:- Palampur Himachal station is a small railway station in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Patti Rajpura
Panchruthi
Majhairan Himachal
Baijnath Paprola:- Baijnath railway station is a station in Paprola, Baijnath (Kangra).
Baijanth Mandir
Ahju:- It serves Ahju village in Joginder Nagar subdivision in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.
Chauntra Bhaterh
Joginder Nagar:- Joginder Nagar railway station is a railway station serving Joginder Nagar town, Himachal Pradesh in India.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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