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	==History==		==History==
	A {{track gauge\|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] line from Marwar Junction to Pali was built by the Rajputana Railway in 1882. It was extended to Luni in 1884 and Jodhpur in 1885. It formed the first Jodhpur Railway. It later became part of Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway.<ref name=fibis>{{cite web\| url = http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| title = Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway\| publisher = fibis\| access-date = 5 May 2014\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124719/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| archive-date = 2 February 2014\| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=irfcaii>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html \|title = IR History: Part II (1870-1899)\| publisher=IRFCA \| access-date = 5 May 2014}}</ref>		A {{track gauge\|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] line from Marwar Junction to Pali was built by the Rajputana Railway in 1882. It was extended to Luni in 1884 and Jodhpur in 1885. It formed the first Jodhpur Railway. It later became part of [[Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway]].<ref name=fibis>{{cite web\| url = http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| title = Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway\| publisher = fibis\| access-date = 5 May 2014\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124719/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway\| archive-date = 2 February 2014\| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=irfcaii>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html \|title = IR History: Part II (1870-1899)\| publisher=IRFCA \| access-date = 5 May 2014}}</ref>

	In 1889, the [[Bikaner State\|Bikaner Princely State]] and [[Jodhpur State\|Jodhpur Princely State]] started constructing the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway within the [[Rajputana Agency]]. In 1891 the metre gauge Jodhpur – Merta Road sector was opened on 8 April, the Merta Road–Nagaur sector on 16 October, and the Nagaur–Bikaner sector on 9 December. In 1901–02, the metre-gauge line was extended to Bathinda. The Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended to [[Bathinda]] in 1901–02 to connect it with the metre-gauge section of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] and the metre gauge of [[North Western Railway (British India)\|North Western Railway]] [[Delhi–Fazilka line]] via Hanumangarh.		In 1889, the [[Bikaner State\|Bikaner Princely State]] and [[Jodhpur State\|Jodhpur Princely State]] started constructing the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway within the [[Rajputana Agency]]. In 1891 the metre gauge Jodhpur – Merta Road sector was opened on 8 April, the Merta Road–Nagaur sector on 16 October, and the Nagaur–Bikaner sector on 9 December. In 1901–02, the metre-gauge line was extended to Bathinda. The Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended to [[Bathinda]] in 1901–02 to connect it with the metre-gauge section of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] and the metre gauge of [[North Western Railway (British India)\|North Western Railway]] [[Delhi–Fazilka line]] via Hanumangarh.
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	*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bikaner-junction-bkn/117 Trains at Bikaner]		*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bikaner-junction-bkn/117 Trains at Bikaner]
	*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/suratgarh-junction-sog/114 Trains at Suratgarh]		*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/suratgarh-junction-sog/114 Trains at Suratgarh]
	*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 Trains at ~~Bhatinda~~]		*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 Trains at Bathinda]

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Jodhpur–Bathinda line
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| image = Jodhpur railway station -Jodhpur -Rajasthan -20190305 231604.jpg
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| caption = Jodhpur Junction an important railway station on Jodhpur–Bathinda line
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| status = Operational
| locale = Fringe areas of [[Thar desert]], [[Rajasthan]] and small sections of [[Haryana]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
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| end = {{stnlnk|Bathinda}}
| stations =
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| close =
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| operator = [[North Western Railway zone|North Western Railway]]
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The '''Jodhpur–Bathinda line''' connects {{stnlnk|Jodhpur}}, in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]] to {{stnlnk|Bathinda}} in the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], via [[Dabwali]] [[Railway in Haryana]]. During the [[British Raj]], Bathinda was on the Delhi–Karachi line and after independence and [[partition of India]] in 1947, it is on the [[Delhi–Fazilka line]]. This line operates under the jurisdiction of [[North Western Railway zone|North Western Railway]].

==History==
A {{track gauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] line from Marwar Junction to Pali was built by the Rajputana Railway in 1882. It was extended to Luni in 1884 and Jodhpur in 1885. It formed the first Jodhpur Railway. It later became part of Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway.<ref name=fibis>{{cite web| url = http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway| title = Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway| publisher = fibis| access-date = 5 May 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124719/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway| archive-date = 2 February 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=irfcaii>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title = IR History: Part II (1870-1899)| publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 5 May 2014}}</ref>

In 1889, the [[Bikaner State|Bikaner Princely State]] and [[Jodhpur State|Jodhpur Princely State]] started constructing the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway within the [[Rajputana Agency]]. In 1891 the metre gauge Jodhpur – Merta Road sector was opened on 8 April, the Merta Road–Nagaur sector on 16 October, and the Nagaur–Bikaner sector on 9 December. In 1901–02, the metre-gauge line was extended to Bathinda. The Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended to [[Bathinda]] in 1901–02 to connect it with the metre-gauge section of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] and the metre gauge of [[North Western Railway (British India)|North Western Railway]] [[Delhi–Fazilka line]] via Hanumangarh.

Sometime around or prior to 1991, the construction work for the conversion from meter gauge to {{track gauge|1676 mm|lk=on}}-wide {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] of the Jodhpur–Bikaner line, along with the link to Phulera, were started,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses1/02060891.htm |title = Written answers to Qustion asked in Parliament | work= Railway expansion programme in Rajasthan|publisher= Government of India| access-date = 7 May 2014}}</ref> and it was already functioning as broad gauge Jodhpur–Merta City–Bikaner–Bathinda line by 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=37655|title = Railway line along Indian border| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008| access-date = 7 May 2014}}</ref>

==Passenger movement==
{{stnlnk|Jodhpur}} is the only railway station on this line which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |access-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref>

==Workshops==
The former metre-gauge workshop at Jodhpur now performs periodic overhauling of broad-gauge passenger coaches. The former metre-gauge workshop at Bikaner (Lalgarh) workshop carries out periodic overhauling of broad-gauge coaches and wagons.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 5 May 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/jodhpur-junction-ju/126 Trains at Jodhpur]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bikaner-junction-bkn/117 Trains at Bikaner]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/suratgarh-junction-sog/114 Trains at Suratgarh]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 Trains at Bhatinda]

{{Railways in Northern India}}
{{Railways in Western India}}

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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Haryana]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Jodhpur railway division]]
[[Category:Bikaner railway division|*]]
[[Category:Bathinda district]]
[[Category:Ambala railway division|*]]

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