Delhi–Fazilka line
| Delhi–Fazilka line with a link to Ferozepur |
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|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Haryana, Punjab |
| Termini |
Old Delhi Fazilka |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Owner | Indian Railway |
| Operator(s) | Northern Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track length | 421 km (262 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Double line from Delhi to Rohtak. Double line sanctioned from Rohtak to Bathinda. Rest: Single line |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge |
| Electrification | Delhi-Rohtak electrified. Electrification of Rohtak-Bathinda sector in progress. |
| Highest elevation | Delhi 239 m (784 ft), Fazilka 181 m (594 ft) |
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The Delhi–Fazilka line is a railway line connecting Delhi and Fazilka the latter in the Indian state of the Punjab. There is a link to Firozpur Cantonment. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway. This line was a part of the historic Delhi-Karachi line.
The Southern Punjab Railway Co. commissioned the Delhi-Bathinda-Samasatta line in 1897. The line passed through Muktasar and Fazilka tehsils and provided direct connection through Samma Satta (now in Pakistan) to Karachi. In 1901-02, the Jodhpur–Bathinda line of Rajputana-Malwa Railway was extended from Bikaner to Bathinda via Hanumangarh, to connect it with the metre gauge section of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway to the south and the meter gauge of North Western Railway's Delhi–Fazilka line (Delhi-Hisar-Bhatinda-Karachi line) to the north. In 2000s, Jodhpur-Bikaner-Bathinda line was converted to broad gauge. In 2009, the metre gauge Hisar-Sadulpur section was converted to broad gauge.
Fazilka and Husseiniwala on this line are two defunct border crossing points on the India-Pakistan border.
After partition of India, a line linked Amrooka on the Pakistan side of the India-Pakistan border, opposite Fazilka, to Samma Satta. The only train running through these tracks was withdrawn in 2011.
The Hussainiwala-Ganda Singh Wala railway crossing, near Firozpur, became defunct with the partition of India. The broad gauge spur from Kasur Junction in Pakistan has been closed. A strategically important bridge that was blown up during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 at Hussainiwala, has been rebuilt and opened in 2013.
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