Patiala railway station
Patiala railway station (Punjabi: ਪਟਿਆਲਾ Hindi:पटियाला) is a railway station serving Patiala city of Punjab in India. It is under Ambala railway division of Northern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It is located at 256 m above sea level and has four platforms. 24 trains stops, 1 train originates and 1 train terminates here.[1]
History
Unlike most railway stations, the building of Patiala railway station is perpendicular to the rail line from Rajpura. It is said that Maharajah built the railway station in the perpendicular orientation as he had hoped that one day the Ambala-Ludhiana would be diverted via Patiala, but that never happened. One reason was the trains would have to pay the taxes levied by the Pepsu state.
In Feb 2015, Doubling of track between Rajpura-Patiala-Bathinda was sanctioned.[1]
In 2016, electrification of Single Broad Gauge railway line was under progress which is executed by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.[1]
Patiala Railway Station is also one of the 400 stations to be redeveloped under Govt of India's AMRUT scheme. In 2016, the work for the platform-1 extension is in progress which shall be extended to another 200 meter to accommodate longest possible train.[1]
In March 2017, work commenced for doubling of Rajpura-Patiala-Bathinda line, which is also a feeder route for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC).[1]
Electrification
Electrification and doubling are in process