Farrukhnagar Railway Station is a small railway station in

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. Its code is FN. It serves Farrukhnagar city. The station consists of one platform. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. Farrukhnagar lies on a branch line which was laid in 1901 to Garhi Harsaru railway station from Farrukhnagar on Rajputana–Malwa Railway, For many years, the metre-gauge railway line was used to transport salt by

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s and was closed in 2004 for

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. The converted

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track became operational in 2011. There has been a demand to extend the track to Jhajjar where it will join Rewari–Jhajjar–Rohtak railway line. Currently six trains originate and terminate from Farrukhnagar which connects cities like

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, Garhi Harsaru which main junction near the city.

Major trains

Some of the important trains that run from Farrukhnagar are: * Farrukhnagar–Delhi Passenger (unreserved) * Farrukhnagar–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Passenger * Farrukhnagar–Garhi Harsaru Passenger *

Farrukhnagar–Saharanpur Janta Express The Farrukhnagar–Saharanpur Janta Express is an Express train belonging to Northern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 14545/14546 train numbers on a daily basis. Service The 14545/Farrukhnaga ...

(unreserved) * Farrukhnagar–Garhi Harsaru Heritage Express (weekly on Sunday)

References

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