Hisar Junction railway station (railway code: HSR) is an A-category railway station, under the Bikaner railway division of North Western Railway zone of Indian Railways, located at Hisar city in Hisar district of Haryana state of India. The station consists of 6 platforms, with 6 broad-gauge mostly electrified tracks of BathindaâÂÂRewari line and JakhalâÂÂHisarâÂÂSadalpur line, going in 4 directions at an average speed of 120 km/h. Hisar is one of the 400 stations to be redeveloped with international and private partners for modernization on international standards and optimizing the commercial opportunities. In 2024, the station had 60 passenger and good trains, and 8,000 daily passenger traffic, 2 overhead foot bridges, 2 escalators and one elevator.
The railway station is about from the bus station along the National Highway 9, from the Hisar Airport, from the town centre and main market area, from the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, from the Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, from the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, from the Blue Bird Lake, from Mahabir Stadium, from the New Delhi railway station, from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, and from the Chandigarh International Airport. Under the NCR Proposed Transport Plan, a high-speed rail DelhiâÂÂHisar Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) link is also planned.
As of , there are four broad-gauge railway lines at the station: BathindaâÂÂRewari line with HisarâÂÂBhatina section in the north and RewariâÂÂHisar section in the south east directions, JakhalâÂÂHisar line in the north-east and HisarâÂÂSadalpur line in the south-west direction. The Hisar station itself has 6 platforms and 8 tracks to accommodate trains on these four lines. The railway station is a part of Western Dedicated Rail Freight Corridor, to be developed as an export-oriented industrial unit.
In 1873 during the British Raj, the RajputanaâÂÂMalwa Railway extended the -wide metre-gauge DelhiâÂÂRewari line to Hisar, and then to Bhatinda in 1883âÂÂ84, connecting it all the way to Karachi via DelhiâÂÂKarachi line. The metre-gauge HisarâÂÂSadulpur link was converted to broad gauge in 2009. In 2013, track doubling and electrification of HisarâÂÂRewari track via Hansi and Bhiwani commenced, which was completed in 2016. In 2017, the HisarâÂÂBhatinda via Sirsa electrification was under progress.
In 1911âÂÂ13, the broad-gauge HisarâÂÂSadalpur line connecting Hisar with JodhpurâÂÂBathinda line at Sadulpur (Rajgarh) in Rajasthan was built. In 1913, LudhianaâÂÂJakhal line via Sangrur, built in 1901 (possibly by the Southern Punjab Railway Company) was extended to Hisar, thus forming the LudhianaâÂÂJakhalâÂÂHisarâÂÂSadalpur link which connected with JodhpurâÂÂBikanerâÂÂSadalpurâÂÂBathinda line at Sadalpur (Rajgarh) and DelhiâÂÂFazilka line at Jakhal. Earlier in 1983, an agreement for the construction, working and maintenance of the railway line was signed between the British Raj and the native princely states of Jind State, Malerkotla State and Patiala State to construct the broad-gauge LudhianaâÂÂDhuriâÂÂJakhal line which was situated partly in British territory and partly in the territory lying in these native states. In 2017, HisarâÂÂLudhiana via Barwala and Jakhal electrification by the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited is already under progress. In 2017, HisarâÂÂSadalpur and to Bikaner proposal for the track electrification was also approved. After conversion to electric, the trains would move at an average speed of 120 km/h, instead of earlier 70 km/h speed of diesel engines.
In fy 2013âÂÂ14, a small museum was also set up in the waiting room and RohtakâÂÂHansi line was approved to complete the direct link from Delhi to Hisar, without the need to undergo the current HansiâÂÂBhiwaniâÂÂHisar detour, the line is under construction with a likely completion date by 2020.
In fy 2014âÂÂ15, survey work for the new Uklana-Narwana line (29 km) and HansiâÂÂJind line (45 km) was also announced. In fy 2017âÂÂ18, the railway minister announced the annual union railway budget allocation to Haryana of INR 1,247 crore (US$200 million), to undertake the new 45 km long HansiâÂÂJind line at the cost of INR 900 crore (US$140 million) on a 50:50 equity share with the state, INR 25 lakh (US$40,000) for the surveys for new 55 km Jyotisar-Yamunanagar line (via Kurukshetra, Ladwa and Radaur) and for new 65 km KaithalâÂÂPatiala line, installation of two escalators for the busiest platforms, notification of Hisar as one among the 400 stations to be redeveloped with international and private partners for modernization on international standards and optimizing the commercial opportunities, and electrification of the following six existing routes at the cost allocation of INR 511.52 crore (US$85 million) in fy 2017âÂÂ18: NarwanaâÂÂKurukshetra line, PanipatâÂÂJind line, PanipatâÂÂRohtak line, Garhi HarsaruâÂÂFarukhnagar line (12 km within Gurgram), RewariâÂÂRohtak line and RewriâÂÂSadulpur-Hanumangarh line. In contrast, the average annual union rail budget allocation to Haryana for new works was INR 315 crore (US$47 million) and INR 635 crore (US$95 million) between 2009âÂÂ10 to 2013âÂÂ14 and between 2014âÂÂ15 and 2016âÂÂ17 respectively.
In fy2018âÂÂ19 budget on 9 March 2018, Captain Abhimanyu, Finance Minister of Haryana, announced that the government is in talks with Indian railway to introduce 200 km/h speed rail from Hisar to Delhi once the under-construction RohtakâÂÂHansi rail link is completed.
In 2023, RohtakâÂÂHansi line was completed and regular scheduled goods train operation had started in December 2023.
In January 2025, Northern Railway Zone was preparing DPR for a 25 km long Satrod-Dabra-Chiraud rail bypass for good trains and doubling of Hisar-Jakhal line. Earlier in 2024, the FSL (Final Location Survey) for these were completed.
All the tracks from and around Hisar on the following routes have been electrified and converted to the broad gauge. <div class="mw-parser-output">
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In 2024, the Hisar station had 8,000 daily passenger traffic, 60 daily passenger and good trains. Direct passenger trains from Hisar are available for Delhi, Haridwar, Chandigarh, Jind, Kurukshetra, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jammu, Katra, Mathura, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Agartala, Patna, Jalpaiguri, Guwahati, Lumding, Haflong, Prayagraj, Jaipur, Kota, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Mumbai, Goa, Udupi, Kannur, Kozhikode (Calicut), Coimbatore, Secunderabad, Jalgaon, Shegaon, Akola, Badnera, Wardha, Chandrapur, Kazipet, Sirsa, Bathinda and Firozpur.