Bathinda–Rewari line

Bathinda–Rewari line
with links to Sadulpur and Rohtak
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan
Termini Bathinda
Rewari
Operation
Opening 1884
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) North Western Railway
Technical
Track length Bathinda-Rewari:300 km (186 mi)
Hisar-Sadulpur:70 km (43 mi)
Bhiwani-Rohtak:49 km (30 mi)
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Highest elevation Bathinda 208 m (682 ft), Rewari 245 m (804 ft)

The Bathinda–Rewari line is a railway line connecting Bathinda in the Indian state of the Punjab and Rewari in Haryana. There are links to Sadulpur and Rohtak. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.

History

The Rajputana-Malwa Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge Delhi-Rewari line to Bathinda in 1884.[1][2]

The metre gauge Hisar-Sadulpur link was laid in 1911.[1]

The Bhiwani-Rohtak link was laid in 1979.[3]

Gauge conversion

The Bathinda-Rewari metre gauge line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 1994. The metre gauge Hisar-Sadulpur link was converted to broad gauge in 2009.[4]

Loco shed

The steam locomotive shed at Rewari has been restored. It houses broad gauge and metre gauge steam locomotives.[5]

Railway reorganisation

Rajputana State Railway was merged into Rajputana-Malwa State Railway in 1882.[6]In 1900, Rajputana Malwa State Railway was merged in to Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.[7]

Jodhpur Railway had a beginning in 1882. Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway was formed in 1889.[6] In 1924, the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway was split into its two constituent parts, with two new systems, the Jodhpur State Railway and Bikaner State Railway formed to work the lines.[7]

In 1952, Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, west of Mughalsarai, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. Western Railway was formed with BBCI Rly, the Saurashtra, the Rajasthan, the Jaipur, and the Cutch Rlys.[8] North Western Railway was formed on 1 October 2002, with two divisions each from Northern and Western Railways.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gazetteer of India, Haryana, Hisar". Communications, page 135. Haryana Government. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rajputana Malwa State Railway". fibis. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Haryana gets new railway line after 33 years". New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Overview of Bikaner Division". Indian Railways. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "IR History: Part II (1870-1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Rajputana Malwa State Railway". fibis. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "North Western Railway". NW Railway. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

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