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Jammu Tawi (JAT) is a Railway station in Jammu, in India. It is very well connected with the major cities of India such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Tirunelveli, Pune, Ahemedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Patna, Lucknow, Varanasi, Vadodara, Gorakhpur, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Guwahati by rail.
The longest running train in India Himsagar Express that goes till Kanya Kumari, Tamil Nadu in 70 hours, originates from here.
Trains from Jammu Tawi
It is an origination point for many Popular Express trains such as the
- Indore Junction BG (Indore) bound Malwa Express, Chennai bound Andaman Express, Madurai bound Himsagar Express, Ahemedabad bound Swaraj Express.
Important trains originating through the station includes :
- 12471/12472-Swaraj express
- 6031/6032 - Andaman Express
- 2919/2920 - Malwa Express
- 1069/1070 - Jhelum Express
- 1449/1450 - Jabalpur - Jammutawi Express between Jabalpur Junction (Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh) and Jammu Tawi.
Old Jammu Station
Before the building of Jammu Tawi station, there was a station which had train services to Sialkot Junction before partition. The 27 mile Jammu-Sialkot line has not been revived because of the Kashmir dispute. In 2000 to the consternation of many the railway station was demolished to make way for an art centre.
- After partition Jammu being the winter capital of state came with Indian side of the state.Jammu Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 49.
- Govt thinks of art, so a pre-Partition heritage must die
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