The rail connectivity to the city is through twin track railway lines from Delhi and Mumbai upto Ambala , a single track broad gauge thereafter upto Kalka and a narrow-gauge single track between Kalka and Shimla having heritage value. The recently built single track Chandigarh to Morinda railway line provides rail connectivity to Punjab. Besides serving the city, Chandigarh‘s railway station located in the north-eastern periphery of the city near the Industrial Area also serves the goods and the passenger traffic of the neighboring region including the towns of Panchkula and Mohali. With the increase in the frequency, number & comfort of trains, rail has become an important mode of transport. 


Year

Details of Rail Transport

No. Of Trains

2015

Trains on Coal

Nil

2015

Trains on Electricity

30 No.s

2015

Trains on Diesel

6 No.s

2015

Per Day Trains (Down)

36 No.s

2015

Per Day Trains (Up)

36 No.s

2015

Length of Railway Lines

8000 m

2015

No of Railway Stations

1 No.s




Source: Station Suptd. Northern Railway Chandigarh.