| Moradabad – Ambala line | |
|---|---|
 Saharanpur, an important railway station, lies on Moradabad–Ambala line | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Locale | Gangetic Plain inUttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand andHaryana |
| Termini | |
| 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) |
TheMoradabad–Ambala line (also known as Moradabad–Ambala main line) is a railway line connectingMoradabad in the Indian state ofUttar Pradesh andAmbala Cantonment inHaryana. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction ofNorthern Railway.
TheScinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483-kilometre-long (300 mi)Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connectingMultan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.
TheVaranasi–Lucknow–Moradabad main line ofOudh and Rohilkhand Railway was extended toSaharanpur in 1886.[1]
TheAmbala–Saharanpur sector was electrified in 1996–98 andSaharanpur–Roorkee in 2003–04.[2] TheRoorkee–Mordabad sector was electrified around 2005–06.[3]
TheAmbala–Laksar–Moradabad sector is an electrified double-line.[4]
Ambala has an outstation shed forShakurbasti WDS-4 locos.Jagadhari has acarriage and wagon workshop and a bridge workshop.[5]
TheAmbala Cantonment to moradabad jn line is classified as a "Group D " line and can take speeds up to 110 km/ h.[6]
Moradabad andAmbala Cantonment on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[7]
Around 1872, theIndian Branch Railway Company was transformed intoOudh and Rohilkhand Railway.[8][9][10] Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged withEast 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 theOudh and Tirhut Railway in 1943.[12]
In 1952,Eastern Railway,Northern Railway andNorth Eastern Railway were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion ofEast Indian Railway Company, east of Mughalsarai andBengal 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 withOudh and Tirhut Railway, Assam Railway and a portion ofBombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.[13] East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.[14] North Central Railway was formed in 2003.[15]
