The Bathinda–Rewari line is a railway line connecting in the Indian
state of the
Punjab and
Rewari
Rewari is a city and a Municipal Council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. King of Rewari is Rao Onkar Singh.It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from Delhi in
Haryana. There are links to Sadulpur and Rohtak also. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of
Northern Railway and
North Western Railway.
History
The
Rajputana–Malwa Railway extended the -wide
metre gauge
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...
Delhi–Rewari line to Bathinda in 1884.
The metre-gauge Hisar–Sadulpur link was laid in 1911.
[ The Bhiwani–Rohtak link was laid in 1979. and the Hisar–Jakkhal link was also laid on 1 November 1913.
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Gauge conversion and electrification
The Bathinda–Rewari metre-gauge line was converted to -wide broad gauge
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...
in 1994. The metre-gauge Hisar–Sadulpur link was converted to broad gauge in 2009. The Bhiwani–Rohtak link was also converted to broad gauge and the other link between Hisar–Jakkhal, too.
Loco shed
The locomotive shed at Rewari has been restored. It now houses broad gauge locomotives.
References
External links
Trains at BathindaTrains at Rewari
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bathinda - Rewari line
5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India
Rail transport in Rajasthan
Rail transport in Haryana
Rail transport in Punjab, India
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Transport in Bathinda
Rewari district