Mandi Gobindgarh railway station
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Mandi Gobindgarh | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°40′10″N 76°17′51″E / 30.6695°N 76.2974°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 268 metres (879 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Northern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ambala–Attari line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | GVG | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Ambala | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1870 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1995–96 | ||||||||||
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Mandi Gobindgarh railway station is located in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves the steel town of Mandi Gobindgarh .
The railway station
[edit]Mandi Gobindgarh railway station is at an elevation of 268 metres (879 ft) and was assigned the code – GVG.[1]
History
[edit]The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483 km (300 mi)-long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.[2]
Electrification
[edit]The Shahbad Markanda-Mandi Gobindgarh sector was electrified in 1995–96.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Arrivals at Mandi Gobindgarh". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
External links
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