| Box Width: | 28em |
| Jalandhar–Firozpur line | |
| System: | Electrified |
| Status: | Operational |
| Open: | 1912 |
| Tracklength: | 1180NaN0 |
| Tracks: | 1 (single) |
| Electrification: | Yes |
| Elevation: | Jalandhar City 2390NaN0, Firozpur Cantonment 2000NaN0 |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Jalandhar–Firozpur line is a railway line connecting and, both in the Indian state of the Punjab. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.
The Jalandhar–Firozpur line was laid in 1912.[1] The last official steam service on the line completed its journey on 6 December 1995.[2]
Fazilka and Hussainiwala on this line are two defunct railway border crossing points on the India–Pakistan border. Before partition of India in 1947, there were 711abbr=offNaNabbr=off long Delhi-Samma Satta & 445abbr=offNaNabbr=off long Delhi-Raiwind railway lines, which were operational. After partition of India, a 20abbr=offNaNabbr=off 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 The only train running through these tracks was withdrawn after 1965 war.[3] 275abbr=offNaNabbr=off long Amruka-Samma Satta line & 28km (17miles) long Kasur-Raiwind lines are operational in Pakistan now.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 16abbr=offNaNabbr=off broad gauge line from Kasur Junction in Pakistan has been closed. A strategically important 1681m (5,515feet) 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.[3]
Jalandhar City is the only station on this line that is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[4]
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.[5]