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| Before the building of Jammu Tawi station, there was a station which had train services to ] before partition. The 27 mile <ref>After partition Jammu being the winter capital of state came with Indian side of the state.</ref>]-] 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.<ref></ref><ref>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tFQulJZaQNU/TAkyaNExgaI/AAAAAAAABQ4/EIz4zoYAdSU/s1600/old+railway+station.jpg</ref> | Before the building of Jammu Tawi station, there was a station which had train services to ] before partition. The 27 mile <ref>After partition Jammu being the winter capital of state came with Indian side of the state.</ref>]-] 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.<ref> | ||
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Jammu Tawi (JAT) is a Railway station in Jammu, in India.It is the largest railway station in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is very well connected with the major cities of India such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Tirunelveli, Pune, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Patna, Lucknow, Varanasi, Vadodara, Gorakhpur, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Guwahati by rail.
The second 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 in the country. Important trains originating from the station include :
- 12425/12426 - Jammu Rajdhani Express to New Delhi
- 12265/12266 - Duronto Express to Delhi Sarai Rohilla
- 14645/14646 - Shalimar Express to Delhi
- 16317/16318 - Himsagar Express to Kanya Kumari
- 12471/12472 - Swaraj Express to Bandra Terminus, Mumbai
- 16031/16032 - Andaman Express to Chennai Central
- 12331/12332 - Himgiri Express to Howrah, Kolkata
- 12919/12920 - Malwa Express to Indore
- 11077/11078 - Jhelum Express to Pune
- 12473/12474 - Sarvodaya Express to Ahmedabad
- 11449/11450 - Jammu Tawi - Jabalpur Express to Jabalpur
- 14609/14610 - Hemkunt Express to Rishikesh
- 12355/12356 - Archana Express to Rajendranagar, Patna
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.
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References
- http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tFQulJZaQNU/TAkyaNExgaI/AAAAAAAABQ4/EIz4zoYAdSU/s1600/old+railway+station.jpg
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