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|route= [[Rajpura]] to [[Bhatinda]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 107 108 miles (1905)
|gauge2=
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Originally named the '''Rajpura-Pattiala Railway''', the '''Rajpura-Bhatinda Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) connecting line between [[Rajpura]], to the north-west of [[Ambala]], and the important junction at [[Bhatinda]] a distance of 108 miles(172km). The first section opened in 1884 and completed in 1889.
The railway was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR)<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n125/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 117]; Retrieved 20 Dec 201511 Feb 2016</ref> ==Further Information==See '''[[North Western Railway]]'''
== References ==
