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{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 28em
| name = Jalandhar–Firozpur line
| color =
| logo = 
| logo_width = 100 px
| image = RCF Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala - panoramio.jpg
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| caption = Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala lies on the Jalandhar–Firozpur line
| type =
| system = Diesel operated
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Jalandhar City}}
| end = {{stnlnk|Firozpur Cantonment}}
| stations =
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = 1912
| close =
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]
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| stock =
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| tracklength = {{convert|127|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| tracks = 1 (single)
| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
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| elevation = Jalandhar City {{convert|239|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, Firozpur Cantonment {{convert|200|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| website =
| map = {{Jalandhar–Firozpur line}}
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}}
The '''Jalandhar–Firozpur line''' is a railway line connecting {{stnlnk|Jalandhar City}} and {{stnlnk|Firozpur Cantonment}}, both in the Indian state of the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]].

==History==
The Jalandhar–Firozpur line was laid in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt9.htm#ch7c |title= Punjab District Gazetteers – Kapurthala |publisher= Punjab Revenue |access-date= 2 March 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122431/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt9.htm#ch7c |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

The last official steam service on the line completed its journey on 6 December 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html | title= IR History Part VI (1995–1999)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>

==Railway border crossing==
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=2 March 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=2 March 2014}}</ref>

==Passenger movement==
Jalandhar City is the only station on this line that is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref>

==Rail Coach Factory==
[[Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala]] started production in 1988. It is the largest and most modern coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, producing around 1,600 coaches annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcf.indianrailways.gov.in/ |title=Rail Coach Factory |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221011028/http://www.rcf.indianrailways.gov.in/ |archive-date=21 February 2014 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/jalandhar-city-junction-juc/99 Trains at Jalandhar City]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/firozpur-cantt-junction-fzr/105 Firozpur Cantonment]

{{Railways in Northern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jalandhar - Firozpur line}}
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Firozpur railway division|*]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1912]]
[[Category:1912 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Firozpur]]
[[Category:Transport in Jalandhar]]

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