Jodhpur–Bathinda line

The Jodhpur–Bathinda line connects Jodhpur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan to Bathinda in the Punjab, via Dabwali Railway in Haryana. During the British Raj, Bathinda was on the Delhi–Karachi line and after independence and partition of India in 1947, it is on the Delhi–Fazilka line. This line operates under the jurisdiction of North Western Railway.

Jodhpur Junction an important railway station on Jodhpur–Bathinda line

Overview

Status

Operational

Owner

Indian Railways

Locale

Fringe areas of Thar desert, Rajasthan and small sections of Haryana and Punjab

Termini

Jodhpur
Bathinda

Service

Operator(s)

North Western Railway

History

Opened

1901–02

Technical

Track length

600 km (373 mi)

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge

Highest elevation

Jodhpur 241 m (791 ft), Bathinda 208 m (682 ft)

Route map

				km
					to Bathinda–Rajpura line
					on Ambala–Attari line
				600	Bathinda
					on Delhi–Fazilka line
					to Sri Ganganagar

					to Bathinda–Rewari line
				590	Gursar Sahnewala
				583	Sangat
				575	Bagwali
				571	Pathrala
					Punjab–Haryana border
					NH 9
				565	Mandi Dabwali
					Haryana-Punjab border
				556	Birang Khera
					Punjab–Rajasthan border
					Indira Gandhi Canal
				545	Dhaban
				535	Sangaria
				520	Manaksar
					NH 54
				509	Hanumangarh
					to Sadulpur
					to Sri Ganganagar
				496	Dabli Rathan
				483	Pili Bangan
				475	Amarpura Rathan
				467	Rangmahal
					to Sri Sarupsar
				458	Suratgarh
				451	Pipran
					Suratgarh STPP
				441	Biradhwal
				427	Rajiyasar
				412	Arjansar
				395	Mahajan
				378	Malkisar
				368	Nathwala
				356	Lunkaransar
					State Highway 6A
				343	Dalmera
				326	Baman Wali (Halt)
					NH 62
				319	Jagdevwala
				308	Jamsar
				292	Kanasar
					NH 11
					to Jaisalmer
				280	Lalgarh
					State Highway 15
				276	Bikaner
					NH 62
					to Ratangarh
					Jodhpur Bypass
				262	Uramsar
				253	Palana
					NH 62
				244	Deshnoke
				229	Surpura
				212	Garhnokha
					NH 62
				198	Chilo
				195	Sri Balaji
					NH 62
				183	Alai
				174	Badwasi
					State Highway 19
				160	Nagaur
				143	Marwar Munwdwa
					State Highway 39
				127	Khajwana
				118	Deswal
				110	Marwar Chapri
					to Jaipur
					Merta City
				103	Merta Road
				93	Jogi Magra
				83	Gotan
				76	Kharia Khangarh
					Birla White Cement
				66	Umed
				56	Sathin Road
					Bilara
					Luni River
					Pipar City
					State Highway 58

				47	Pipar Road
				40	Kheri Salwa
					State Highway 58
				31	Asrananda
				23	Jajiwal
					State Highway 63
				14	Banar
				8	Jodhpur Cantt
					NH 112
					to Jaisalmer
				2	Rajkabagh Palace
				0	Jodhpur
					to Marwar Junction–Munabao line
					with link to Jodhpur

Source: Google Maps
54704 Jodhpur–Bhatinda Passenger

History

A 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in)-wide metre-gauge line from Marwar Junction to Pali was built by the Rajputana Railway in 1882. It was extended to Luni in 1884 and Jodhpur in 1885. It formed the first Jodhpur Railway. It later became part of Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway.[1][2]

In 1889, the Bikaner Princely State and Jodhpur Princely State started constructing the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway within the Rajputana Agency. In 1891 the metre gauge Jodhpur – Merta Road sector was opened on 8 April, the Merta Road–Nagaur sector on 16 October, and the Nagaur–Bikaner sector on 9 December. In 1901–02, the metre-gauge line was extended to Bathinda. The Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended to Bathinda in 1901–02 to connect it with the metre-gauge section of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and the metre gauge of North Western Railway Delhi–Fazilka line via Hanumangarh.

Sometime around or prior to 1991, the construction work for the conversion from meter gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad gauge of the Jodhpur–Bikaner line, along with the link to Phulera, were started,[3] and it was already functioning as broad gauge Jodhpur–Merta City–Bikaner–Bathinda line by 2008.[4]

Passenger movement

Jodhpur is the only railway station on this line which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[5]

Workshops

The former metre-gauge workshop at Jodhpur now performs periodic overhauling of broad-gauge passenger coaches. The former metre-gauge workshop at Bikaner (Lalgarh) workshop carries out periodic overhauling of broad-gauge coaches and wagons.[6]

References

"Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway". fibis. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
"IR History: Part II (1870-1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
"Written answers to Qustion asked in Parliament". Railway expansion programme in Rajasthan. Government of India. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
"Railway line along Indian border". Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
"Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
"Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

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