Panipat Junction railway station
Panipat | |
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Indian Railway Junction Station | |
General information | |
Location | Railway Road, Geeta Colony, Panipat, Haryana India |
Coordinates | 29°23′20″N 76°57′50″E / 29.389°N 76.964°E |
Elevation | 235 metres (771 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Operated by | Northern Railway |
Line(s) | |
Platforms | 5 |
Tracks | Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard on ground |
Parking | Yes |
Bicycle facilities | Yes |
Other information | |
Status | Functioning |
Station code | PNP |
Division(s) | Delhi |
History | |
Opened | 1897 |
Electrified | Yes |
Panipat railway station is located in Panipat district in the Indian state of Haryana and serves the historic and industrial town of Panipat .
The Railway Station
Panipat junction railway station is a major junction in Delhi-NCR. In Panipat almost 120 trains halt here with more than 50,000 person travels daily. Its A grade category station. Its 5 platforms for trains and 2 platforms for mall yard available. It have major facilities available like many ticket counters, automatic ticket machine, fully computerized ticket reservation, automatic water machine, ac waiting hall, well shed sheltered, washroom, foot over bridge, water facility, book stall, lift, wi-fi connectivity, food stalls, bicycle stand, auto stand, car stand, cctv camera, mall yard, washing line and other facilties. Major trains stops for Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Sampark Kranti, Grib Rath, AC Express, Superfast, Mail-Express, Intercity, Ladies Special EMU and Other Passenger Trains. It is at an elevation of 235 metres (771 ft) and was assigned the code – PNP.[1] Delhi-Kalka line, Delhi-Atari line, Delhi-Katra line, Panipat-Jind line, Panipat-Rohtak line, Panipat-Panipat Refinery line, Panipat-Thermal line & Panipat-NFL line also connected and upcoming purposed Panipat-Meerut line & Panipat-Haridwar line.
Panipat is well connected by major cities Shri Vashno Devi Katra, Udhampur, Jammu Tawi, Pathankot, Pathankot Cantt., Amritsar, Jalandhar City, Jalandhar Cantt., Ludhiana, Una, Nangal, SAS Nagar Mohali, Chandigarh, Kalka, Bathinda, Patiala, Rajpura, Ambala City, Ambala Cantt., Kurukshetra, Bikanare, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Jind, Jind City, Saharanpur, Roorkee, Haridwar, Sonepat, New Delhi, Old Delhi, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Delhi Cantt., Gurgaon, Rewari, Jaipur, Ajmer, Faridabad, Mathura, Agra, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Goa, Bhopal, Indore, Durg, Jhansi, Nagpur, Nanded, Mau, Barauni, Katihar and other cities.
Indian railway approved Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed rail corridor.The 458 Km corridor will construction work start in year 2020.Cost of this corridor around 1 lakh crore.
Stops: 1. Delhi 2. Panipat 3. Ambala 4. Chandigarh 5. Ludhiana 6. Jalandhar 7. Amritsar
National Capital Region Transport Corporation approved Delhi-Panipat RRTS(Rapid Rail Transit System). Construction work will start in year 2019.Cost of this corridor around 30,000 crore.At four major stops in Panipat.
1. Panipat Depot 2. Panipat North 3. Panipat South 4. Samalkha
Panipat-Jind line and Panipat-Rohtak line has construction started for electrification.
New rail line Panipat-Meerut budget for Rs 2200 crore.Construction work will start in year 2019.
Panipat Junction is select for updrade 400 stations developments.
Delhi Chandigarh semi high speed rail corridor with 200 km/hr at two major stops Ambala Cantt and Panipat will construction work start end of 2018.Cost of this corridor 11,218 crore.
History
The Delhi-Panipat-Ambala-Kalka line was opened in 1891.[2]
The foundation stone for the shifting of Rohtak- Makrauli section of Rohtak- Gohana- Panipat line was laid in 2013.[3]
Electrification
Sabjimandi-Sonipat-Panipat-Karnal sector was electrified in 1992-1995.[4]
References
- ^ "Arrivals at Panipat Junction". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "IR History: Early Days II (1870-1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Minister for Railways Sh. Mallikarjun Kharge lays the foundation stones of 'Rohtak-Meham-Hansi new line and shifting of Rohtak-Makrauli section of Rohtak-Gohana-Panipat section today". Northern Railway. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
External links
- Trains at Panipat
- Panipat travel guide from Wikivoyage
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