Raipur Haryana Junction railway station (railway code: RPHR) is a suburban railway station under the Ambala railway division of Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways, located at Hisar city in Hisar district of Haryana state of India. The station consists of 2 broad-gauge electrified tracks of Bathinda–Rewari line. The railway station is about from each of the following, the Hisar bus station 6 km west, Hisar Junction railway station to the southwest, and Hisar Airport in the northwest.
History
Hisar–Raipur-Jakhal link was operationalised on 1 November 1913, as side-spur extension of the Rajputana–Malwa Railway -wide metre gauge Delhi–Rewari line which was earlier extended from Rewari to Hisar-Bathinda in 1884.1987 Gazetteer of India: Haryana, Hisar, pp.127–128, Haryana Gazetteers Organization, Controller of Printing and Stationery, Chandigarh.
The 2025-26 railway budget statement, known as the Pink Book, provided for the doubling of track between Raipur to Satrod section was approved.Hisar News: हिसार-सातरोड दोहरीकरण के लिए हिसार यार्ड से सातरोड-रायपुर हरियाणा सेक्शन तक बिछेगी नई रेललाइन, Amar Ujala, 15 May 2025.
Track
+ Indian Railway Line Status Rail Line Name Track Doubling Status OHE Height Raising for Double-Stack Containers Hisar-Raipur-Jakhal-Ludhiana Yes. Hisar-Jakhal-Ludhiana completion date of December 31, 2024. (Status as of April 2021). Yes. High-rise OHE (7.45m contact wire height) on the Rewari-Hisar-Ludhiana feeder route to the Western DFC.
Train service
See trains from Hisar-Raipur to Jakhal-Bathinda, Jakhal-Patiala-Chandigarh and Jakhal-Patiala-Ludhiana-Amritsar routes.
From July 2025, the Hisar-Chandigarh train (Barwala, Uklana, Jakhal, Narwana, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, and Ambala Cantt) started from Raipur Hisar Junction station instead of main Hisar Junction railway station due to the lack of adequate number of platforms at Hisar junction.It is a pleasure to start the train from Hisar to Chandigarh but these shortcomings need to be removed, haryanaekhabar.com, 21 May 2025.Hisar gets direct trains to Chandigarh Gurugram, The Tribune, 18 May 2025.Hisar Residents to get direct trains to Chandigarh and Gurugram, MLA Savitri Jindal, Times of India, 7 May 2025. This was first such direct service from Hisar to Chandigarh in 59 years. रेल यात्रियों के लिए खुशखबरी! 59 साल बाद हिसार से चंडीगढ़ के लिए सीधी ट्रेन, यहां देखें टाइम-टेबल, Punjab Kesari, 17 May 2025. Since train commences twice a week at 2.15 am in the mornight from the station which was mildly staffed - a station master and helper - commuters became concerned about the personality safety and the last of last mile transport connectivity.हिसार-चंडीगढ़ रूट सेफ नहीं! सफर करने में हिचकिचा रहे यात्री; क्या है वजह?, Dainik Jagran, 16 Aug 2025.
Issues
As of August 2025, Hisar junction which has only 6 platforms does not have sufficient number of platforms to handle additional trains. Consequently, newly introduced Hisar-Chandigarh train commences from the Raipur station instead of Hisar junction. This train begins from Raipur late at night, i.e. 2:25 am, since Raipur station which has only 2 railway employees lies in the outer suburbs, the passengers have concerns about the physical safety due to the lack of lighting and lack of last-mile transport thus reducing the ridership numbers.हरियाणा के इस सुनसान रेलवे स्टेशन से चंडीगढ़ की ट्रेन शुरू, टाइमिंग जानकार रह जाएंगे हैरान, Punjab Kesari, 17 Aug 2025.यात्रीगण कृपया ध्यान दें: हिसार से चंडीगढ़ की सीधी ट्रेन, सेक्टर 1-4 के पास स्थित रायपुर स्टेशन से होगी रवाना, Amar Ujala, 17 May 2025.
Present status
2021 Jul: Future plans include constructing a passenger terminal at Raipur, railway sliding to cargo terminal of Hisar Airport and rail passenger services at Hisar Airport.Hisar Chandigarh twice a week, The Indian Express, 18 May 2025.Haryana to spend Rs 946 crore for construction of Hisar international airport: Dushyant Chautala, The Indian Express, 28 July 2021. The budget for Raipur-Satrod section was approved in 2025-26 pink book. 2025 May: Budget for Raipur-Satrod track doubling was approved.
See also
Transport in Haryana Hisar Airport Rail transport in Haryana Tourism in Haryana
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