Bathinda–Rewari line

Bathinda–Rewari line
with links to Sadulpur and Rohtak
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan
Termini Bathinda
Rewari
Operation
Opened 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 also. 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 and electrification

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] Bhiwani-Rohtak link was also converted to broad gauge.

Loco shed

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Gazetteer of India, Haryana, Hisar" (PDF). 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" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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