Kangra Valley Railway

Kangra Valley Railway

km Code 0.00 Pathankot Junction PTK 10.00 Dalhousie Road DLSR 13.10 Kandwal Halt KAWL 19.92 Nurpur Road NOPR 29.46 Talara TLRA 33.57 Balle Da Pir Larath Halt BLDL 39.33 Bharmar BRMR 45.53 Jawanwala Shahr JWLS 53.10 Harsar Dehri HRDR 59.08 Meghrajpura Halt MGRP 62.07 Nagrota Suriyan NGRS 65.70 Barial Himachal Halt BRHL 67.86 Nandpur Bhatauli NDBT 72.61 Guler GULR 76.39 Lunsu Halt LNS 80.04 Tripal Halt TRPL 82.96 Jawalamukhi Road JMKR 90.02 Kopar Lahar KPLR 94.54 Kangra KGRA 97.90 Kangra Mandir KGMR 103.41 Samloti SMLT 108.89 Nagrota NGRT 112.52 Chamunda Marg Halt CMMG 119.34 Paror PRAR 121.51 Sulah Himachal Pradesh SLHP 127.50 Palampur Himachal PLMX 131.45 Patti Rajpura Halt PTRJ 133.62 Panchrukhi PHRH 138.24 Majheran Himachal Halt MNHL 141.88 Baijnath Paprola BJPL 143.47 Baijnath Mandir Halt BJMR 152.46 Ahju AHJ 157.39 Chauntra Bhatehr Halt CTZ 163.72 Joginder Nagar JDNX 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 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 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

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

• 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.

External links

• Kangra Valley