Batala Railway Station is located in Gurdaspur district in the Indian state of

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

and serves the industrial town of Batala.

The railway station

Batala railway station is at an elevation of and was assigned the code – BAT.

History

The long -wide

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884. It originally belonged to the local government and was transferred to

North Western Railway The North Western Railway (abbreviated NWR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Jaipur,Rajasthan with 59,075+ employees, 658+ stations and a route length of more than 5761 km across at least some parts of four ...

in 1892.

Developments

The Qadian–Beas link was approved in 2011. It would provide direct and shorter access from Batala to

Ambala–Attari line The Ambala–Attari line is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of Haryana and in Punjab. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway. History The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the Multan–L ...

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Trains at Batala
{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India Railway stations in India opened in 1884 Railway stations in Gurdaspur district Firozpur railway division