Firozpur railway division is one of the five railway divisions under Northern Railway zone ( NR ) of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 14 April 1952 and its headquarters is located at Firozpur in the state of Punjab, India.
Delhi railway division, Ambala railway division, Lucknow NR railway division and Moradabad railway division are the other railway divisions under NR Zone headquartered at New Delhi.[1][2]
Among all the divisions of Northern Railway zone, Firzopur railway division has some of the dirtiest and most ill maintained trains, and is also infamous for haphazard non-sequential coach compositions. This has been a cause of grave concern for many passengers.
List of railway stations and towns[edit]
The list includes the stations under the Firozpur railway division and their station category.[3][4]
| Category of station | No. of stations | Names of stations |
|---|---|---|
| A-1 | 3 | Amritsar, Jammu Tawi, Ludhiana |
| A | 8 | Beas Junction, Pathankot Cantonment, Firozpur Cantonment, Jalandhar City, Jalandhar Cantonment, Pathankot Junction, Phagwara, Udhampur |
| B | - | - |
| C suburban station |
- | - |
| D | - | - |
| E | - | - |
| F halt station |
- | - |
| Total | - | - |
Stations closed for Passengers -
References[edit]
- ^ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Firozpur Railway Division". Railway Board. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.