Fazilka railway station


Fazilka Junction 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.

The railway station

Fazilka railway station is at an elevation of 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 to Karachi. The extension from the Macleodganj railway line to Ludhiana was opened by the same company in 1905.
The new 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 The only train running through these tracks was withdrawn in 2011.