The Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the 711 km (442 mi) long Delhi–Jind-Bhatinda–Fazilka-Bahawalnagar-Samma Satta line in 1897.

[1] The line passed through Rohtak-Jind-Bhatinda-Muktasar-Fazilka-Bahawalnagar 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 Ambala via Qasamwala-Hindumalkote-Abohar-Bhatinda-Patiala was opened by the same company in 1902.

After partition of India, a 20-kilometer (12-mile) line linked Amruka on the Pakistan side of the India–Pakistan border, opposite Fazilka, towards Samma Satta.

The Hussainiwala–Ganda Singh Wala railway crossing, near Firozpur, became defunct with the partition of India.

The 16-kilometer (9.9-mile) broad gauge line from Kasur Junction in Pakistan has been closed.

The strategically important 1,681-metre (5,515-foot) Kaiser-E-Hind Rail cum Road Bridge was blown up during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 at Hussainiwala, and was never rebuilt.

[11] The 42 km (26 mi) new 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gaugeline between Fazilka and Abohar was opened in 2012.

Central Government approved a new rail line from Jind to Hansi via Narnaund.