Fazilka railway station

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.The railway stationFazilka railway station is at an elevation of 181m and was assigned the code – FKA.HistoryThe 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 42km new wide broad gauge line between Fazilka and Abohar was opened in 2012.Defunct rail transit pointAfter 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 The only train running through these tracks was withdrawn in 2011.