About Pathankot Cantonment railway station in , Parichha

Pathankot Cantonment Railway Station is located in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot.Name changeChakki Bank Railway Station was renamed Pathankot Cantonment Railway Station in 2013.The railway stationPathankot Cantonment Railway Station is at an elevation of 328m and was assigned the code – PTKC.HistoryThe 107km long wide broad gauge Amritsar-Pathankot line was opened in 1884.The 164km long wide narrow gauge Kangra Valley Railway from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar was commissioned in 1929.The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915. The Mukerian-Pathankot line was built in 1952. The construction of the Pathankot-Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971.ElectrificationElectrification work of the Jalandhar-Jammu line is on. As of 2010-11, around 100 km had been electrified. As of 2013, electrification was expected to be completed in about a year. The electrification is now completed.Loco shedPathankot Cantonment had a steam loco shed which has now been decommissioned.