Bathinda Junction railway station

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Bathinda Junction
ਬਠਿੰਡਾ ਜੰਕਸ਼ਨ
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location The Mall Road, Bathinda, Punjab
India
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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
Bathinda - Sri Ganganagar line
Platforms 7
Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities No
Disabled access Handicapped/disabled access
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code BTI
Division(s) Ambala
History
Opened 1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Location
Bathinda railway station is located in Punjab
Bathinda railway station
Bathinda railway station
Location in the Punjab

Bathinda railway station is located in Bathinda in the Indian state of Punjab .

Background

Bathinda railway station is at an elevation of 208 metres (682 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, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Jammu, Udhampur, Amritsar. Bathinda railway station is the main terminal station is located on the Delhi-Fazilka line of Northern Railway.

History

The 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 broad gauge in 1994.[5]

The Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the Delhi-Bathinda-Samasatta line in 1897.[6]

In 1901-02, 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

Bathinda 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

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External links

Terminus North Western Railway zone
Northern Railway zone
North Western Railway zone Terminus
Terminus North Western Railway zone
Bathinda-Sri Ganganagar
Terminus North Western Railway zone
Bathinda-Rajpura line
Goneana Bhai Jagta (Fazila, Ferozpur )
Bahman Dwana (Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner) Bathinda Cantonment railway station (Rajpura, Ambala)
  Bathinda Junction  
Gursar Shnewala (Hanumangarh, Jodhapur) Gahri Bhagi (Rewari, Jaipur) Katar Singhwala (Rohtak, Delhi)


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