Verka Junction (station code: VKA) is located in
Amritsar district
Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district.
As of 2011, it is the second most populous dist ...
in the Indian state of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
and serves
Verka town, which is a suburb of
Amritsar city. Verka station falls under
Firozpur railway division
Firozpur railway division is one of the five railway divisions under Northern Railway zone ( NR ) of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 14 April 1952 and its headquarters is located at Firozpur in the state of Punjab, India.
Del ...
of
Northern Railway zone
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, i ...
of
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...
.
Overview
Verka Junction railway station is located at an elevation of . This station is located on the single track,
broad gauge,
Amritsar–Pathankot line which was established in 1884.
Verka station is also the junction and origin station for single track Verka–
Dera Baba Nanak
Dera Baba Nanak is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, in the state of Punjab, India. It is 36km away from Gurdaspur city, the capital of the district. Since November 2019, a corridor between India and Pakistan has been estab ...
line.
Electrification
Verka railway station is situated on single track
DMU Amritsar–Pathankot line and single track DMU Verka–Dera Baba Nanak line.
It was reported in April 2019 that the electrification of the single track BG Amritsar–Pathankot line had commenced and the survey for electrification of Verka–Dera Baba Nanak line had started.
Amenities
Verka railway station has 1 booking windows, no enquiry office and just very basic amenities like drinking water, public toilets, sheltered area with adequate seating etc. The station had small footfall of 1343 persons per day in 2018 and wheelchair availability was not there for disabled persons. There are two platforms at the station, both interconnected with the help of a foot overbridge (FOB).
References
External links
Pictures of Verka Junction railway station
{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India
Railway stations in Amritsar district
Firozpur railway division