Kathua railway station is a railway station in
Kathua
Kathua is a city and municipal council located in Kathua district of Jammu Division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, near its border with Punjab, India and Himachal Pradesh. The city is headquarters of Kathua district and is ...
which is in
Kathua
Kathua is a city and municipal council located in Kathua district of Jammu Division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, near its border with Punjab, India and Himachal Pradesh. The city is headquarters of Kathua district and is ...
district and city and a Municipal Council in the Indian union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
. It serves All India. Around 54 trains stop at Kathua railway station.
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Electrification
The entire Jalandhar–Jammu section, Jammu Tawi station and sidings have been completely energised at 25 kV AC and approved for electric traction in August 2014.
Swaraj Express
The 12471 / 12472 Swaraj Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Northern Railways Zone that runs between and in India.
It operates as train number 12471 from Bandra Terminus to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and as train number 124 ...
now gets an end to end
WAP-4
The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...
from Jammu Tawi to
Bandra Terminus
Mumbai Bandra Terminus (station code: BDTS) also known as Vandre Terminus (in Marathi)is a railway terminus in Bandra from where trains bound for Northern India and Western India are scheduled regularly. It was built in the 1990s to decongest ...
. Himgiri Express now gets an end to end
WAP-7
The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...
from Jammu Tawi to Howrah.
See also
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Jammu–Baramulla line
The Jammu–Baramulla line is a railway track being laid to connect the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Jammu railway station and thence to the rest of the country. The 356 km railway track will star ...
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Northern Railways
The Northern Railway (NR) is one of the 19 Railway zones of India and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi.
History
Officially notified as a new railway zone on 14 April 1952, ...
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List of railway stations in Jammu and Kashmir
The list of railway stations in Jammu and Kashmir can be divided into 3 parts:-
*railway stations in Jammu Region
*railway stations in Kashmir Region
*railway stations in Ladakh Region
Jammu Region
Kashmir Region
Ladakh Region
There are ...
References
External links
Ministry of Indian Railwaysofficial website
Firozpur railway division
Railway stations in Kathua district
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