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| tracks = 1 (Single line) Doubling from [[Amritsar]] to [[Batala]] going on. | | tracks = 1 (Single line) Doubling from [[Amritsar]] to [[Batala]] going on. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The {{convert|108.9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide [[ | The {{convert|108.9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.<ref name=punjabrailway>{{cite web | url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_gdr16.htm | title= Chapter VII | access-date= 10 February 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090410022057/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_gdr16.htm | archive-date= 10 April 2009 | url-status= dead | df= dmy-all }}</ref> It originally belonged to the local government and was transferred to [[North Western Railway (British India)|North Western Railway]] in 1892.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_331.gif | title= Digital South Asia Library|publisher= Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 325. | access-date = 10 February 2014 }}</ref> The Amritsar–Dera Baba Nanak branch line serves the western part of Batala tehsil. Prior to the [[partition of India]] in 1947, this line was {{convert|225.9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long and was linked to [[Sialkot]] (now in Pakistan), but after partition [[Dera Baba Nanak]] became the terminus. The Batala–Qadian link serves the eastern part of Batala tehsil.<ref name=punjabrailway/> The {{convert|225.9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long [[Amritsar]]–[[Sialkot]] line ran thus: [[Amritsar]]–[[Dera Baba Nanak]]–[[Narowal]]–[[Sialkot]], crossing the {{convert|1.024|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long [[Ravi River]] Bridge.<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 = 11 February 2014 }}</ref> | ||
As of 2013, the Lahore–Narowal–Sialkot railway line passes near the India–Pakistan border through the western outskirts of Narowal, just opposite Dera Baba Nanak, before turning north-westwards to Pasrur and Sialkot.<ref>{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5a0NAQAAQBAJ&q=Jassar+railway+bridge&pg=PA256 |title= From Kutch to Tashkent: The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965|page=256| first=Farooq|last= Bajwa|publisher= C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.| location=London| isbn= 978-1-84904-230-7| via=Google Books| access-date = 11 February 2014|date= 2013-09-30}}</ref> | As of 2013, the Lahore–Narowal–Sialkot railway line passes near the India–Pakistan border through the western outskirts of Narowal, just opposite Dera Baba Nanak, before turning north-westwards to Pasrur and Sialkot.<ref>{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5a0NAQAAQBAJ&q=Jassar+railway+bridge&pg=PA256 |title= From Kutch to Tashkent: The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965|page=256| first=Farooq|last= Bajwa|publisher= C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.| location=London| isbn= 978-1-84904-230-7| via=Google Books| access-date = 11 February 2014|date= 2013-09-30}}</ref> | ||