Sirhind railway station

Sirhind Junction railway station is located in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Sirhind & Fatehgarh Sahib. Sirhind Junction is situated on Attari–Delhi line and connect Sirhind–Una line. Sirhind Junction comes under Northern Railway zone in Ambala railway division.

The railway station
Sirhind railway station is at an elevation of 271 m and was assigned the code – SIR.

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

The Sirhind–Nangal line was opened in 1927.

Electrification
The Shahbad Markanda-Mandi Gobindgarh sector was electrified in 1995–96.