Ludhiana railway station

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Ludhiana Indian Railway Junction Station
Station statistics
Address	Ludhiana, Punjab India
Coordinates	30°54′43″N 75°50′53″E / 30.912°N 75.848°E / 30.912; 75.848Coordinates: 30°54′43″N 75°50′53″E / 30.912°N 75.848°E / 30.912; 75.848
Elevation	246 metres (807 ft)
Line(s)	Ambala–Attari line
Structure type	Standard on ground
Platforms	7
Tracks	Broad gauge 1676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Baggage check	No
Other information
Opened	1870
Electrified	1996–97
Station code	LDH
Division(s)	Firozabad
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operator	Northern Railway
Station status	Functioning
Location
Ludhiana railway station Location in Punjab

Ludhiana railway station is located in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Ludhiana .

The railway station

Ludhiana railway station is at an elevation of 246 metres (807 ft) and was assigned the code – LDH.^[1]

History

The Sind, Punjab and 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

The Mandi Gobindgarh-Ludhiana sector was electrified in 1996–97.^[3]

Loco sheds

Ludhiana diesel shed holds 170+ locos including WDM-2, WDM-3A and WDG-3A. Ludhiana electric loco shed was commissioned in 2001 and houses WAM-4, WAG-5 and WAG-7 locos.^[4]

Passenger movement

Ludhiana is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[5]

References

↑ "Ludhiana railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2 Februruary 2014.
↑ R. P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History Timeline". Irse.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

External links

Trains at Ludhiana
Ludhiana travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways	Following station
Dhandari Kalan	Northern Railway zone Ambala–Attari line	Ladhowal
Terminus	Northern Railway zone Ludhiana-Firozpur line	Model Gram
Terminus	Northern Railway zone Ludhinana-Jakhal line	Gill

v t e Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

Agra Cantonment Ahmedabad Ajmer Akola Allahabad Ambala Cantonment Amritsar Asansol Aurangabad Bangalore City Bareilly Bhagalpur Bhopal Junction Bhopal Habibganj Bhubaneswar Bhusawal Bilaspur Chandigarh Chennai Central Chhapra Coimbatore Junction Cuttack Damoh Darbhanga Dehradun Dhanbad Durg Ernakulam Junction Erode Junction Gaya Ghaziabad Gorakhpur Guntur Guwahati Junction Gwalior Haridwar Hatia Howrah Hubli Indore Jabalpur Jaipur Jalandhar City Jammu Tawi Jhansi Jodhpur Kanpur Central Katni Junction Katni Murwara Katpadi Kharagpur Kollam Kota Kozhikode Lucknow Charbagh Ludhiana Margao Madurai Malda Town Mangalore Central Manmad Mathura Junction Moradabad Mughalsarai Mumbai Central Muzaffarpur Mysore Junction Nagda Junction Nagpur Nanded Nasik Road Nellore New Delhi New Jalpaiguri Palakkad Junction Patna Junction Pune Puri Raipur Rajahmundry Rajkot Ranchi Junction Ratlam Junction Rourkela Salem Junction Satna Saugor Secunderabad Siwan Solapur Surat Tatanagar Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tiruchirappalli Junction Tirunelveli Junction Tirupati Main Udaipur Ujjain Junction Vadodara Varanasi Junction Vijayawada Visakhapatnam

Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".

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