The Chandigarh–Sahnewal line (also referred to as the Chandigarh–Ludhiana line) is a railway line connecting and , the latter in the Indian state] of the
Punjab, India, Punjab. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of
Northern Railway.
History
The 112 km-long project for linking and
Ludhiana
Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...
directly was completed in three phases. The first phase linking Chandigarh and New Morinda on the Sirhind–Nangal line was opened in September 2006. The second phase for the addition of third line between Sahnewal and Ludhiana on the
Ambala–Attari line
The Ambala–Attari line is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of Haryana and in Punjab. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.
History
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the Multan–L ...
was completed in November 2012. The third phase linking New Morinda with Ludhiana was completed in April 2013.
Electrification
The Chandigarh–Ludhiana sector is electrified. As per the Central Organisation for Railway Electrification, as on 1.4.2012, 43 km had been completed and 69 km were left.
Passenger movement
Chandigarh is the only station on this line which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.
Railway reorganisation
Northern Railway was formed in 1952 with a portion of
East Indian Railway Company
The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod ...
west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway.
Trains
The 12241/12242
Amritsar–Chandigarh Superfast Express
The 12241 / 12242 Chandigarh–Amritsar Superfast Express is a Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between and in India.
It operates as train num ...
was introduced on the new line in 2013.
14504 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra–Kalka Express
12412 Amritsar–Chandigarh Intercity Express
References
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5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India
Rail transport in Punjab, India
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Railway lines opened in 2013
Rail transport in Chandigarh
2013 establishments in India
Transport in Chandigarh