Eastern Punjab Railway
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Eastern Punjab Railway was a former railway system in British India that operated in the eastern part of the Punjab region before being absorbed into the Northern Railway zone after independence and partition.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway company
ⓘ
railway system ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1952 ⓘ |
| fate | merged into Northern Railway zone ⓘ |
| formedFrom | portions of North Western Railway remaining in India after partition ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | created after partition of India in 1947 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-partition India ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| languageOfOperations |
English
ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Northern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Indian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInCountryAfter1947 | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion |
Punjab region
ⓘ
eastern Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownerAfter1947 | Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian railway network ⓘ |
| partOfReorganization | zonal reorganization of Indian Railways in 1951–1952 ⓘ |
| predecessor | North Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railGauge | broad gauge ⓘ |
| railwayZoneFormationRelatedTo | Northern Railway formation in 1952 ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | reorganization of Indian Railways into zones in 1952 ⓘ |
| servedCity |
Ambala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amritsar NERFINISHED ⓘ Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jalandhar NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludhiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedFunction |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
| servedState |
Haryana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Punjab, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedTerritory | Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
Northern Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Railway zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackOwnership | state-owned ⓘ |
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