Box Width: | 28em |
Bathinda–Rewari line with links to Sadulpur, Rohtak and Jakkhal | |
Status: | Operational |
Open: | 1884 |
Tracklength: | Main line: 3000NaN0 Branch lines: Hisar–Sadulpur: 700NaN0 Bhiwani–Rohtak: 490NaN0 Hisar–Jakkhal: 820NaN0 |
Electrification: | Fully Electrified |
Elevation: | Bathinda 2080NaN0, Rewari 2450NaN0 |
Map State: | collapsed |
The Bathinda–Rewari line is a railway line connecting 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 and North Western Railway.
The Rajputana–Malwa Railway extended the -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] and the Hisar–Jakkhal link was also laid on 1 November 1913.[4]
The Bathinda–Rewari metre-gauge line was converted to -wide broad gauge in 1994. The metre-gauge Hisar–Sadulpur link was converted to broad gauge in 2009.[5] The Bhiwani–Rohtak link was also converted to broad gauge and the other link between Hisar–Jakkhal, too.
The locomotive shed at Rewari has been restored. It now houses broad gauge locomotives.[6]