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Fazilka railway station

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Elevation
  
181 metres (594 ft)

Operated by
  
Northern Railway

Owner
  
Indian Railways

Owned by
  
Indian Railways

Opened
  
1897

Platforms in use
  
2

Fazilka railway station

Location
  
Cycle Market Road, Fazilka, Punjab India

Line(s)
  
Ludhiana-Fazilka line Delhi-Fazilka line

Tracks
  
Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Address
  
Railway Colony, Fazilka, Punjab 152123

Similar
  
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Fazilka railway station is located in Fazilka district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Fazilka. It is a defunct rail transit point on the India-Pakistan border.

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The railway station

Fazilka railway station is at an elevation of 181 metres (594 ft) and was assigned the code – FKA.

History

The Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the Delhi-Bhatinda-Samasatta line in 1897. The line passed through Muktasar and Fazilka tehsils and provided direct connection through Samma Satta (now in Pakistan) to Karachi. The extension from the Macleodganj (later renamed Mandi Sadiqganj and now in Pakistan) railway line to Ludhiana was opened by the same company in 1905.

The 42 km (26 mi) new 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge line between Fazilka and Abohar was opened in 2012.

Defunct rail transit point

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 The only train running through these tracks was withdrawn in 2011.

References

Fazilka railway station Wikipedia