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	==History==		==History==
	The Southern Punjab Railway Co. ~~commissioned~~ the ~~Delhi–Bathinda–Samasatta~~ line in 1897.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html \|title= IR History: Early Days II (~~1870-1899~~)~~\| publisher=IRFCA~~\| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> The line passed through Muktasar ~~and~~ Fazilka ~~tehsils~~ and provided direct connection through [[Samma Satta]] (now in Pakistan) to Karachi.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm\|title= Chapter VII Communications\|access-date= 26 February 2014\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140223172820/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm\|archive-date= 23 February 2014\|url-status= dead}}</ref> 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 metre-gauge of [[North Western Railway (British India)\|North Western Railway]]'s Delhi–Fazilka line (Delhi–Hisar–Bhatinda–Karachi line) to the north.<ref name=fibis>{{cite web\| url = http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| title = Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway\| publisher = fibis\| access-date = 5 May 2014\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124719/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| archive-date = 2 February 2014\| url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2000s, Jodhpur-Bikaner-Bathinda line was converted to broad gauge.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=37655\|title = Railway line along Indian border\| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008\| access-date = 5 May 2014}}</ref> In 2009, the metre gauge Hisar-Sadulpur section was converted to broad gauge.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf \|title=Overview of Bikaner Division \|publisher=Indian Railways \|access-date=6 May 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030427/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf \|archivedate=8 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/map/route-bhatinda-rewari-passenger-54781-bti-to-re/4110/109/356\| title=Bathinda–Rewari line route map\| website=India Rail Info}}</ref>		The Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the {{convert\|711\|km\|mi\|0\|abbr=on}} long [[Delhi]]–[[Jind]]-[[Bhatinda]]–[[Fazilka]]-[[Bahawalnagar]]-[[Samma Satta]] line in 1897.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html \|title= IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899) \| access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> The line passed through [[Rohtak]]-[[Jind]]-[[Bhatinda]]-Muktasar-Fazilka-[[Bahawalnagar]] 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 Ambala via Qasamwala-Hindumalkote-[[Abohar]]-[[Bhatinda]]-[[Patiala]] was opened by the same company in 1902.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm\|title= Chapter VII Communications\|access-date= 20 February 2014\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140223172820/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm\|archive-date= 23 February 2014\|url-status= dead}}</ref>
			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 metre-gauge of [[North Western Railway (British India)\|North Western Railway]]'s Delhi–Fazilka line (Delhi–Hisar–Bhatinda–Karachi line) to the north.<ref name=fibis>{{cite web\| url = http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| title = Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway\| publisher = fibis\| access-date = 5 May 2014\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124719/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| archive-date = 2 February 2014\| url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2000s, Jodhpur-Bikaner-Bathinda line was converted to broad gauge.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=37655\|title = Railway line along Indian border\| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008\| access-date = 5 May 2014}}</ref> In 2009, the metre gauge Hisar-Sadulpur section was converted to broad gauge.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf \|title=Overview of Bikaner Division \|publisher=Indian Railways \|access-date=6 May 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030427/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf \|archivedate=8 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/map/route-bhatinda-rewari-passenger-54781-bti-to-re/4110/109/356\| title=Bathinda–Rewari line route map\| website=India Rail Info}}</ref>

	==Border crossings==		==Border crossings==
	Fazilka and Hussainiwala on this line are two defunct border crossing points on the India–Pakistan border.		Fazilka and [[Hussainiwala railway station\|Hussainiwala]] on this line are two defunct railway border crossing points on the India–Pakistan border. Before partition of India in 1947, there were the {{convert\|711\|km\|mi\|abbr=off\|sp=us\|adj=on}} long Delhi-Samma Satta and the {{convert\|445\|km\|mi\|abbr=off\|sp=us\|adj=on}} long Delhi-Raiwind railway lines, which were operational. After partition of India, a {{convert\|20\|km\|mi\|abbr=off\|sp=us\|adj=on}} line linked Amruka on the Pakistan side of the India–Pakistan border, opposite Fazilka, towards Samma Satta. The only train running through these tracks was withdrawn after 1965 war. The {{convert\|275\|km\|mi\|abbr=off\|sp=us\|adj=on}} long Amruka-Samma Satta line and the {{convert\|28\|km\|mi\|abbr=off\|adj=on}} long Kasur-Raiwind lines are operational in Pakistan now. The Hussainiwala–Ganda Singh Wala railway crossing, near Firozpur, became defunct with the partition of India. The {{convert\|16\|km\|mi\|abbr=off\|sp=us\|adj=on}} broad gauge line from Kasur Junction in Pakistan has been closed. The strategically important {{convert\|1,681\|m\|ft\|abbr=off\|adj=on}} Kaiser-E-Hind Rail cum Road Bridge was blown up during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] at Hussainiwala, and was never rebuilt. In 2013, Sutlej Barrage Bridge on Hussainiwala was opened after restructuring.

	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~~.~~<ref>~~{{~~cite web~~\|~~url~~= ~~http://www.nation.com.pk/national/14-Nov-2011/Bahawalnagar-rail-junction-a-relic-from-1901~~\|~~title~~=~~Bahawalnagar rail junction a relic from 1901~~ \|~~work~~= ~~The Nation~~\|~~date~~=~~14 November 2011~~\| ~~access-date~~=~~26 February 2014~~}}~~</ref>~~

	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.~~<ref>~~{{~~cite web~~\|~~url= http://www.irfca.org/docs/international-links.html~~ \|~~title= International Links from India~~ \|~~first= Mohan~~\|~~last~~= ~~Bhuyan~~\| ~~publisher~~= ~~IRFCA\| access-date=26 February 2014~~}}~~</ref> A strategically important bridge that~~ was blown up during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] at Hussainiwala, ~~has been~~ rebuilt ~~and opened in 2013~~.~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2013~~-12-05/india/44806162_1_bridge-hussainiwala-border-security-force\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140220024952/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes~~.com/2013-12-05/india/44806162_1_bridge-hussainiwala-border-security-force\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=20 February 2014\|title=40 years after war, bridge opens near Hussainiwla borer \|first=Dinesh K\|last= Sharma \|date=5 December 2013\|work=[[The Times of India]]\| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

	==Electrification==		==Electrification==
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	Delhi–Bathinda is a double electric line.<ref name="electric">{{cite web\|last=\|first=\|title=Electrification of Rohtak–Batinda–Lehra Muhabat section of Northern Railway\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57153\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174155/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57153\|archive-date=30 August 2018\|access-date=26 February 2014\|website=[[Press Information Bureau]] – India\|publisher=Ministry of Railways\|date=21 January 2010}}</ref>		Delhi–Bathinda is a double electric line.<ref name="electric">{{cite web\|last=\|first=\|title=Electrification of Rohtak–Batinda–Lehra Muhabat section of Northern Railway\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57153\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174155/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57153\|archive-date=30 August 2018\|access-date=26 February 2014\|website=[[Press Information Bureau]] – India\|publisher=Ministry of Railways\|date=21 January 2010}}</ref>

	The construction of Bathinda-Firozpur single line electrification is in under progress.		The construction of Bathinda-Firozpur single line electrification is in under progress.

	==Sheds==		==Sheds==
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	Southern Punjab Railway was taken over by the state and merged with [[North Western Railway (British India)\|North Western Railway]] in 1930.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Southern_Punjab_Railway\|title=Southern Punjab Railway \| publisher= fibis \| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>		Southern Punjab Railway was taken over by the state and merged with [[North Western Railway (British India)\|North Western Railway]] in 1930.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Southern_Punjab_Railway\|title=Southern Punjab Railway \| publisher= fibis \| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

	With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, North Western Railway was split. While the western portion became Pakistan West Railway, and later [[Pakistan Railways]], the eastern part became Eastern Punjab Railway.<ref>{{cite book \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8v-zRmScc0MC&q=Eastern+Punjab+Railway&pg=PA136 \|title=Management of Indian Railways, 1989\|isbn= 81-7099-183-8\| work=Readings in Indian Railway Finance by KB Verma, P 136\|last=SM Imamul Haque\|year=1989\| publisher= Mittal Publications,A 1/8 Mohan Garden, New Delhi 110059\| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>		With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, North Western Railway was split. While the western portion became Pakistan West Railway, and later [[Pakistan Railways]], the eastern part became Eastern Punjab Railway.<ref>{{cite book \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8v-zRmScc0MC&q=Eastern+Punjab+Railway&pg=PA136 \|title=Management of Indian Railways, 1989\|isbn= 81-7099-183-8\| work=Readings in Indian Railway Finance by KB Verma, P 136\|last=SM Imamul Haque\|year=1989\| publisher= Mittal Publications, A 1/8 Mohan Garden, New Delhi 110059\| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>

	In 1952, [[Northern Railway zone\|Northern Railway]] was formed with a portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]], west of Mughalsarai, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone \|title = Geography – Railway Zones\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>		In 1952, [[Northern Railway zone\|Northern Railway]] was formed with a portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]], west of Mughalsarai, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone \|title = Geography – Railway Zones\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>

			==Stations==
			{{incomplete list\|date=December 2022}}
			*'''Julana railway station''' ({{coord\|29.1268\|76.3798\|type:railwaystation_region:IN\|display=inline}}) is in the [[Julana tehsil]] of [[Jind District]] {{convert\|91\|km\|mi}} from Delhi on the Delhi–Fazilka line.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Julana Railway Station Map/Atlas NR/Northern Zone - Railway Enquiry \|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/julana-jna/2177 \|access-date=2022-07-20 \|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 Trains at Bhathinda]		*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 Trains at Bhathinda]
	*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/firozpur-cantt-junction-fzr/105 Trains at Firozpur Cantonment]		*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/firozpur-cantt-junction-fzr/105 Trains at Firozpur Cantonment]
	*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/fazilka-junction-fka/6222 Trains at Fazilka]		*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/fazilka-junction-fka/6222 Trains at Fazilka]

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The '''Delhi–Fazilka line''' is a railway line connecting [[Delhi Junction railway station|Delhi]] and [[Fazilka Junction railway station|Fazilka]] the latter in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. There is a link to {{stnlnk|Firozpur Cantonment}}. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]. This line was a part of the historic Delhi–Karachi line.

==History==
The Southern Punjab Railway Co. commissioned the Delhi–Bathinda–Samasatta line in 1897.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title= IR History: Early Days II (1870-1899)| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> The line passed through Muktasar and Fazilka tehsils and provided direct connection through [[Samma Satta]] (now in Pakistan) to Karachi.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm|title= Chapter VII Communications|access-date= 26 February 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140223172820/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm|archive-date= 23 February 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref> 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 metre-gauge of [[North Western Railway (British India)|North Western Railway]]'s Delhi–Fazilka line (Delhi–Hisar–Bhatinda–Karachi line) to the north.<ref name=fibis>{{cite web| url = http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway| title = Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway| publisher = fibis| access-date = 5 May 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124719/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway| archive-date = 2 February 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2000s, Jodhpur-Bikaner-Bathinda line was converted to broad gauge.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=37655|title = Railway line along Indian border| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008| access-date = 5 May 2014}}</ref> In 2009, the metre gauge Hisar-Sadulpur section was converted to broad gauge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf |title=Overview of Bikaner Division |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030427/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf |archivedate=8 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/map/route-bhatinda-rewari-passenger-54781-bti-to-re/4110/109/356| title=Bathinda–Rewari line route map| website=India Rail Info}}</ref>

==Border crossings==
Fazilka and Hussainiwala 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nation.com.pk/national/14-Nov-2011/Bahawalnagar-rail-junction-a-relic-from-1901|title=Bahawalnagar rail junction a relic from 1901 |work= The Nation|date=14 November 2011| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/docs/international-links.html |title= International Links from India |first= Mohan|last= Bhuyan| publisher= IRFCA| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> A strategically important bridge that was blown up during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] at Hussainiwala, has been rebuilt and opened in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-05/india/44806162_1_bridge-hussainiwala-border-security-force|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140220024952/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-05/india/44806162_1_bridge-hussainiwala-border-security-force|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2014|title=40 years after war, bridge opens near Hussainiwla borer |first=Dinesh K|last= Sharma |date=5 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

==Electrification==
The Okhla–New Delhi–Shakurbasti line was electrified in 1982–83.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref> {{As of|2011}}, only 3 km of the 60 km Shakurbasti–Rohtak was remaining.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,532,565 |title= Railway Electrification| publisher=Ministry of Railways | access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> The [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] services of [[Delhi Suburban Railway]] was extended up to Rohtak in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Delhi-Rohtak-EMU-to-be-inaugurated-on-March-3/articleshow/18713330.cms |title= Delhi–Rohtak EMU to be inaugurated on March 3 |work=The Times of India|date=27 February 2013| access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

After electrification up to Rohtak, further electrification begun in February 2015. Electrification up to {{stnlnk|Jind Junction}} was completed in 2017. Operations of electric locos up to Jind begin in January 2018. After this, electrification up to {{stnlnk|Bathinda Junction}} got completed in March 2018.

Electrification of Kurukshetra–Narwana and Jind–Panipat branch lines was started in 2018 and has been completed in 2019.

Electrification of Jind–Sonipat branch line is also under planning.

Electrification of Bathinda-Firozpur branch line is in progress.

==Tracks==
Delhi–Bathinda is a double electric line.<ref name="electric">{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Electrification of Rohtak–Batinda–Lehra Muhabat section of Northern Railway|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57153|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174155/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57153|archive-date=30 August 2018|access-date=26 February 2014|website=[[Press Information Bureau]] – India|publisher=Ministry of Railways|date=21 January 2010}}</ref>

The construction of Bathinda-Firozpur single line electrification is in under progress.

==Sheds==
Shakurbasti has a diesel loco shed. It houses WDS-4A, WDS-4B, WDS-4D, WDM-2 WDM3A, WDS6 and DEMUs. It also has a broad-gauge trip shed for WDM-2 and WDG-3A locos. WDS-4 shunting locos based all over Northern Railway are sent here for periodical maintenance.<ref name=sheds>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>

==Developments==
The {{convert|42|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} new {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]line between Fazilka and Abohar was opened in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-punjabsectionpage-latestnews/rail-link-between-abohar-fazilka-opens-today/article1-889593.aspx |title=Rail link between Abohar, Fazilka opens today |work=Hindustan Times|date=15 July 2012 |access-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313024903/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-punjabsectionpage-latestnews/rail-link-between-abohar-fazilka-opens-today/article1-889593.aspx |archivedate=13 March 2014 }}</ref>

The [[Rewari–Rohtak line]] was commissioned in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/haryana-gets-first-functional-railway-line-after-33-years/article4283307.ece |title= Haryana gets first functional railway line after 33 years|work= Business Standard|date=7 January 2013| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>

Work for a new line from Rohtak to Hansi via Meham was inaugurated in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=2919&id=0,4,268|title= The Minister for Railways lays the foundation stones of Rohtak–Meham–Hansi new line|publisher= Northern Railway|date=19 July 2013 | access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>

A new line from Jind to Sonipat was completed in 2015 and is operational now.

Central Government approved a new rail line from Jind to Hansi via Narnaund.

==Railway reorganisation==
Southern Punjab Railway was taken over by the state and merged with [[North Western Railway (British India)|North Western Railway]] in 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Southern_Punjab_Railway|title=Southern Punjab Railway | publisher= fibis | access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, North Western Railway was split. While the western portion became Pakistan West Railway, and later [[Pakistan Railways]], the eastern part became Eastern Punjab Railway.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8v-zRmScc0MC&q=Eastern+Punjab+Railway&pg=PA136 |title=Management of Indian Railways, 1989|isbn= 81-7099-183-8| work=Readings in Indian Railway Finance by KB Verma, P 136|last=SM Imamul Haque|year=1989| publisher= Mittal Publications,A 1/8 Mohan Garden, New Delhi 110059| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>

In 1952, [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] was formed with a portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]], west of Mughalsarai, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography – Railway Zones| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 February 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/old-delhi-junction-dli/349 Trains at Old Delhi]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/delhi-sarai-rohilla-dee/350 Trains at Sarai Rohilla]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 Trains at Bhathinda]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/firozpur-cantt-junction-fzr/105 Trains at Firozpur Cantonment]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/fazilka-junction-fka/6222 Trains at Fazilka]

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