Amritsar railway station is located in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Amritsar.HistoryThe Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway completed the Multan-Lahore-Amritsar line in 1865. Amritsar-Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore in 1862.The 78km long Amritsar–Khem Karan railway line runs through Tarn Taran and Patti. A 54km long line links Amritsar to Dera Baba Nanak on the bank of the Ravi.The 107km Amritsar–Pathankot route runs through Batala and Gurdaspur. The wide broad gauge Amritsar-Pathankot line was opened in 1884.OverviewAmritsar railway station is at an elevation of 233m and was assigned the code – ASR. With this, it has become the busiest railway station of the state in terms of passenger movement and train traffic. In the 2016 railway budget, the Government has aimed the beautification of the railway station as it is the main station of the holy city. The railway station is the first and only with Wi-Fi in the division and CCTV has been enabled recently. In the recent Railway budget, it has been mentioned that Amritsar Junction will be beautified due to its importance in various fields.ElectrificationThe Phagwara-Jallandhar City-Amritsar sector was electrified in 2003–04.DevelopmentAmritsar has became the first railway station in the state to be wifi-enabled. With this announcement, concerns are also raised to increase the capacity of the railway station from current 6 platforms to 12 platforms and make it on the standards of the International Airport as it is the most important and the busiest railway terminus of the state. 2 more esclators would be installed in the station from Platform 5 as Platform 1 has already 2.
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