Misplaced Pages

Jammu Tawi railway station

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Maha28 (talk | contribs) at 10:41, 12 February 2012. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 10:41, 12 February 2012 by Maha28 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Importance

Jammu Tawi (JAT) is a Railway station in Jammu, in India. It is the largest railway station in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.Jammu Tawi is an important station for Hindu pilgrims heading for Vaishno Devi and Amarnath.Moreover, it is an important station for tourists heading towards Kashmir Valley. 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 :

Old Jammu Station

Before the building of Jammu Tawi station, there was an old station which had train services to Sialkot Junction, (now in Pakistan) before partition. The 27 mile line has not been revived till now because of the Kashmir dispute. In 2000, much of that railway station was demolished to make way for an art centre.

References

  1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tFQulJZaQNU/TAkyaNExgaI/AAAAAAAABQ4/EIz4zoYAdSU/s1600/old+railway+station.jpg

Categories: