Bathinda Railway Station is located in Bathinda in the Indian state of Punjab.
Bathinda Junction railway station ਬਠਿੰਡਾ ਜੰਕਸ਼ਨ | |||||
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| Indian Railways junction station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | The Mall Road, Bathinda, Punjab India | ||||
| Coordinates | 30°12′37″N 74°55′58″E / 30.2102°N 74.9329°E | ||||
| Elevation | 208 metres (682 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Northern Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Delhi–Fazilka line Jodhpur–Bathinda line Bathinda–Rewari line Bathinda–Rajpura line Suratgarh–Bathinda line | ||||
| Platforms | 7 | ||||
| Tracks | 18 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||
| Accessible |  | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | BTI | ||||
| Division(s) | Ambala | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1884 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
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Background
editBathinda railway station is at an elevation of 206.654 metres (678.00 ft) and was assigned the code – BTI.[1]
Bathinda is classified as an "A category" station in Ambala railway division.[2] Bathinda is well connected by rail to almost all major cities like New Delhi, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ambala Cantonment, Panipat, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Jammu, Udhampur, Amritsar, Dibrugarh, Jhansi, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Bhopal, Mumbai, Ludhiana, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Jodhpur, Haridwar, Bikaner, Lumding, Rampur, Patiala, Allahabad, Ratlam, Kota. Bathinda railway station is an important junction & terminal located on the Delhi–Ferozpur main line of Northern Railway. In August 2018 Bathinda railway station had become full-fledged electrified railway station. Electric trains are now functioning from Bathinda railway station.
History
editThe Rajputana–Malwa Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge Delhi–Rewari line to Bathinda in 1884.[3][4] The Bathinda–Rewari metre-gauge line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 1994.[5] Bathinda was the world's oldest and largest commercial metre-gauge railway junction until 2003.
The Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the Delhi–Bathinda-Samasatta line in 1897.[6]
In 1901–1902, the metre-gauge Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended to Bathinda by Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway.[7][8] It was subsequently converted to broad gauge.[9]
Amenities
editBathinda railway station has two double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms chargeable @ Rs. 100 for 24 hours.[10] Other amenities at Bathinda railway station include: waiting rooms (separate for upper and second class, and for males and females) with bathing facilities, refreshment rooms, cloak room, book and essential goods stalls, public phone and internet facilities, water coolers, and pay & use toilets.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Arrivals at Bathinda Junction". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Ambala railway division". Category-wise classification of the stations. Northern Railway. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ "Gazetteer of India, Haryana, Hisar" (PDF). Communications, page 135. Haryana Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Rajputana Malwa State Railway". fibis. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Overview of Bikaner Division" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899)". Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway". fibis. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "IR History: Part II (1870–1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Railway line along Indian border". Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Retiring room details (Northern Railway)". Ministry of Railways. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ "Model stations". Ambala railway division. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
External links
edit- Trains at Bathinda
Bathinda travel guide from Wikivoyage
| Preceding station |  Indian Railways
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Following station | ||
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| Terminus | North Western Railway zone | Gahri Bhagi towards ?
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| Katar Singhwala towards ?
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Northern Railway zone | Goneana Bhai Jagta towards ?
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| Gursar Shnewala towards ?
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North Western Railway zone | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | North Western Railway zone | Bahman Dwana towards ?
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| North Western Railway zone | Bathinda Cantonment towards ?
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