Moradabad–Ambala line

The Moradabad–Ambala line (also known as Moradabad–Ambala main line) is a railway line connecting Moradabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Ambala Cantonment in Haryana. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.

Moradabad – Ambala line
Saharanpur, an important railway station, lies on Moradabad–Ambala line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Gangetic Plain in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana
Termini	Moradabad Ambala
Service
Operator(s)	Northern Railway
History
Opened	1886
Technical
Track length	274 km (170 mi)
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Highest elevation	Moradabad 201 m (659 ft) Ambala Cantonment 272.530 m (894 ft)
Route map Legend km to Ambala–Attari line to Delhi–Kalka line 274 Ambala Cantonment Grand Trunk Road to Delhi–Kalka line 267 Dukheri 261 Kesri State Highway 31 255 Tandwal SH 4 Barara–Babain Road 250 Barara 241 Mutafabad 233 Darazpur 228 Jagdhari Workshop Jagdhari Railway Workshop NH 344 NH 907 223 Yamunanagar Jagadhri Western Yamuna Canal 217 Kalanour Yamuna Haryana Uttar Pradesh border 207 Sarsawa 201 Pilkhani 193 Saharanpur to Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line 183 Baliakheri 178 Sunehti Kharkhari 173 Chodiala 166 Iqbalpur Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand border 159 Roorkee Upper Ganga Canal NH 58 156 Dhandera 151 Landaura 146 Dausni to Laksar–Dehradun line 141 Laksar 129 Raisi Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh border Ganges 124 Balawali 117 Chandok to Gajraula–Najibabad branch line 115 Muzzampur Narayan 110 Fazalpur NH 34 99 Najibabad Kotdwar 90 Murshadpur 86 Bundki NH 734 76 Nagina 71 Puraini 65 Habibwala State Highway 12 63 Dhampur 53 Chakrajmal 46 Seohara 36 Mewa Nawada 29 Kanth 21 Matlabpur State Highway 49 11 Agwanpur 5 Harthala 1 Moradabad West to Delhi–Moradabad line 0 Moradabad to Lucknow–Moradabad line Source: Google Maps 12317 Akal Takht Express

History

The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483-kilometre-long (300 mi) Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.

The Varanasi–Lucknow–Moradabad main line of Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was extended to Saharanpur in 1886.^[1]

Electrification

The Ambala–Saharanpur sector was electrified in 1996–98 and Saharanpur–Roorkee in 2003–04.^[2] The Roorkee–Mordabad sector was electrified around 2005–06.^[3]

The Ambala–Laksar–Moradabad sector is an electrified double-line.^[4]

Sheds and workshops

Ambala has an outstation shed for Shakurbasti WDS-4 locos. Jagadhari has a carriage and wagon workshop and a bridge workshop.^[5]

Speed limit

The Ambala Cantonment to moradabad jn line is classified as a "Group D " line and can take speeds up to 110 km/ h.^[6]

Passenger movement

Moradabad and Ambala Cantonment on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[7]

Railway reorganisation

Around 1872, the Indian Branch Railway Company was transformed into Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.^[8][9][10] Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged with East Indian Railway Company in 1925.^[11]

The Government of India took over the Bengal and North-Western Railway and merged it with the Rohilkhand and Kumaon Railway to form the Oudh and Tirhut Railway in 1943.^[12]

In 1952, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, east of Mughalsarai and Bengal Nagpur Railway. Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. North Eastern Railway was formed with Oudh and Tirhut Railway, Assam Railway and a portion of Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.^[13] East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.^[14] North Central Railway was formed in 2003.^[15]