Moradabad–Ambala line
The Moradabad–Ambala line (also known as Moradabad–Ambala main line) is a railway line connecting Moradabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Ambala Cantonment in Haryana. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.
| Moradabad – Ambala line | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Saharanpur, an important railway station, lies on Moradabad–Ambala line | |||
| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Owner | Indian Railways | ||
| Locale | Gangetic Plain in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana | ||
| Termini | Moradabad Ambala | ||
| Service | |||
| Operator(s) | Northern Railway | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1886 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track length | 274 km (170 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||
| Highest elevation | Moradabad 201 m (659 ft) Ambala Cantonment 272.530 m (894 ft) | ||
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HistoryEdit
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483-kilometre-long (300 mi) Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.
The Varanasi–Lucknow–Moradabad main line of Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was extended to Saharanpur in 1886.[1]
ElectrificationEdit
The Ambala–Saharanpur sector was electrified in 1996–98 and Saharanpur–Roorkee in 2003–04.[2] The Roorkee–Mordabad sector was electrified around 2005–06.[3]
The Ambala–Laksar–Moradabad sector is an electrified double-line.[4]
Sheds and workshopsEdit
Ambala has an outstation shed for Shakurbasti WDS-4 locos. Jagadhari has a carriage and wagon workshop and a bridge workshop.[5]
Speed limitEdit
The Ambala Cantonment to Ludhiana jn line is classified as a "Group B" line and can take speeds up to 130 km/ h.[6]
Passenger movementEdit
Moradabad and Ambala Cantonment on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[7]
Railway reorganisationEdit
Around 1872, the Indian Branch Railway Company was transformed into Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.[8][9][10] Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged with East Indian Railway Company in 1925.[11]
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.[12]
In 1952, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway and 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.[13] East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.[14] North Central Railway was formed in 2003.[15]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway". Management Ebooks. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Ambala–Jagadhri-Saharanpur–Moradabad" (PDF). Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Indian Rail Day to Day". Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Chapter II – The Maintenance of Permanent Way". IRFCA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "IR History: Early History (1832-1869)". IRFCA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway" (PDF). Old Martinian Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Indian Branch Railway". fibis. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "IR History III : (1900–1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Bengal and North-Western Railway". fibis. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "East Central Railway". ECR. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "North Central Railway". NCR. Retrieved 25 January 2014.