Chandigarh–Sahnewal line

Chandigarh–Sahnewal line
Overview
System	Electric-operated
Status	Operational
Locale	Punjab
Termini	Chandigarh Sahnewal
Operation
Opened	2013
Owner	Indian Railway
Operator(s)	Northern Railway
Technical
Track length	97 km (60 mi)
Number of tracks	1 (Single line)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25kV 50Hz AC OHLE in 2013
Highest elevation	Chandigarh 330.77 m (1,085 ft), Sahnewal 260 m (853 ft)
Route map Chandigarh on Delhi-Kalka line 11 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali State Highway 4 State Highway 12A 28 Kharar NH 95 New Morinda on Sirhind-Nangal line Bhakra Canal 61 Khamanon NH 1 75Samrala 83Lal Kalan Neelon Canal 97 Sahnewal on Ambala-Attari line Source: Google maps 12241 Chandigarh-Amritsar SF Express

External video

Chandigarh-Amritsar Sperfast Express departing from Chandigarh Junction

Source: Google maps
12241 Chandigarh-Amritsar SF Express

The Chandigarh – Sahnewal line (also referred to as the Chandigarh-Ludhiana line) is a railway line connecting Chandigarh and Sahnewal, the latter in the Indian state of the Punjab . The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.

The 112 km long project for linking Chandigarh and Ludhiana directly was completed in three phases. The first phase linking Chandigarh and New Morinda on the Sirhind-Nangal line was opened in September 2006. The second phase for the addition of third line between Sahnewal and Ludhiana on the Ambala-Attari line was completed in November 2012. The third phase linking New Morinda with Ludhiana was completed in April 2013.

The Chandigarh - Ludhiana sector is electrified. As per the Central Organisation for Railway Electrification, as on 1.4.2012, 43 km had been completed and 69 km were left.

Chandigarh is the only station on this line which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.

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