Ludhiana railway station

Ludhiana railway station is located in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Ludhiana. It is located in about the centre of the city and is among the most busiest railway stations of Punjab. It is also among the most cleaned railway stations of India.The railway stationLudhiana railway station is at an elevation of 246m and was assigned the code – LDH.HistoryThe Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the 483km long Amritsar - Ambala Cantt - Saharanpur - Meerut - Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.The Ludhiana-Jakhal line was laid in 1901, possibly by the Southern Punjab Railway Co.The extension from the Macleodganj (later renamed Mandi Sadiqganj and now in Pakistan) railway line to Ludhiana was opened by the Southern Punjab Railway Company in 1905.The Sahnewal - Chandigarh rail link (also referred to as Ludhiana - Chandigarh rail link) was inaugurated in 2013.