| Merta Road–Rewari line with Ratangarh, Merta City, Parbatsar and Jaipur–Churu branch lines | |
| Status: | Operational |
| Locale: | Rajasthan and Haryana |
| Open: | 1 March 1941 (Main line) 18 January 1905 (Ratangarh branch) 1957 (Jaipur Churu branch) 18 January 1905 (Merta City branch) 1 August 1928 (Parbatsar branch) |
| Owner: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | North Western Railway |
| Linelength: | Main line 3680NaN0 Branch Lines: Degana–Ratangarh 1530NaN0 Jaipur–Churu 2010NaN0 Merta Road–Merta City 150NaN0 Makrana–Parbatsar City 220NaN0 |
| Electrification: | Yes |
| Gauge: | Broad Gauge |
| Old Gauge: | Metre gauge |
| Speed: | 100 km/h |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Merta Road–Rewari line or Merta Road–Phulera–Rewari line is a railway route on the North Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. This route plays an important role in rail transportation of Bikaner division, Ajmer division and Jaipur division of Rajasthan state and Gurugram division of Haryana state.
The corridor passes through the Desert Area of Rajasthan and Haryana with a stretch of 368 km with consists of four branch lines. The first branch line starts at and ends at with a stretch of 153 km. The second branch line starts at, passes through, and ends at with a stretch of 201 km. The third branch line starts at and ends at with a length of 15 km. The fourth branch line starts from to with a length of 22 km.
The main railway line from to was originally built by Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway and Jaipur State Railway company of Bikaner Princely State, Jodhpur Princely State and Jaipur Princely State portion as metre-gauge line during the 19th and 20th century. This line was opened in different phases during the construction period.
Whereas, the first branch line between Merta Road to Merta City was opened on 18 January 1905, and the second branch line between Degana Junction and Ratangarh Junction was built by the two companies in three sections such as Degana Junction to Marwar Frontier under the Jodhpur State Railway was opened on 16 September 1909 and under the Bikaner State Railway the two sections which are Marwar Frontier to Sujangarh section was also opened on 16 September 1909 whereas the Sujangarh to Ratangarh Junction section was opened on 2 February 1910.[1] Later the third branch line between Makrana and Parbatsar City was opened on 1 August 1928, and thereafter fourth branch line from Jaipur to Churu Junction which comes under the Jaipur State Railway section was opened in different phases during the construction period.[2]
After that, the conversion into broad gauge was started in 1992-93[4] through into different section starting from the first section between Merta Road Junction to Phulera Junction was completed and opened in 1996,[5] later the second section between Phulera Junction and Rewari Junction which is also called as Phulera–Rewari chord section line was opened on 15 January 2009.[6] Whereas, the Merta Road Junction–Merta City branch line was converted into broad gauge and opened on 24 October 1994 with inaugurating the first Railbus in India as well as Asia also by Former Minister Nathuram Mirdha showing the green flag.[7] and the Makrana Junction–Parbatsar City branch line was also converted to broad gauge and opened on 1 June 2016.[8] on the other side the Degana Junction–Ratangarh Junction branch line was also opened on 25 June 2010,[9] and the Jaipur–Churu branch line was closed on 15 November 2015[3] for conversion into broad gauge in different phases and reverse way.
Electrification was started on 15 March 2016, on the first main line section between Phulera and Rewari [13] which was completed in 2018.[14] The Ringas Jaipur branch line section, which was approved on Rail Budget 2016-17, was also electrified in March 2021.[15] whereas the remaining sections of this route is fully electrified.