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{{short description|Junction train station in Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| native_name = ਬਠਿੰਡਾ ਜੰਕਸ਼ਨ
| native_name_lang = pa
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = The Mall Road, Bathinda, Punjab
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|30.2102|N|74.9329|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| elevation = {{convert|208|m|ft}}
| line = [[Delhi–Fazilka line]]<br/>[[Jodhpur–Bathinda line]]<br/>[[Bathinda–Rewari line]]<br/>[[Bathinda–Rajpura line]]<br/>[[Suratgarh–Bathinda line]]
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 7
| tracks = 18 {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = No
| opened = {{start date and age|1884}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA = {{Access icon|20px}}
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BTI
| division = {{rwd|Ambala}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Punjab#India
| map_caption = Location in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Bathinda
}}
{{Bathinda|collapse=y}}
'''Bathinda railway station''' is located in [[Bathinda]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].

==Background==
Bathinda railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|206.654|m|ft}} and was assigned the code – BTI.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 |title= Arrivals at Bathinda Junction |publisher= indiarailinfo| accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref>

Bathinda is classified as an "A category" station in Ambala railway division.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ambalarail.com/classification.php |title= Ambala railway division |work= Category-wise classification of the stations |publisher= Northern Railway |accessdate= 11 May 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141018173823/http://ambalarail.com/classification.php |archive-date= 18 October 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> 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, Jammu and Kashmir|Katra]], [[Jodhpur]], [[Haridwar]], [[Bikaner]], [[Lumding]], [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]], [[Patiala]], [[Allahabad]], Ratlam, Kota. Bathinda railway station is an important junction & terminal located on the [[Delhi–Fazilka line|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==
The [[Rajputana–Malwa Railway]] extended the {{track gauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] Delhi–Rewari line to Bathinda in 1884.<ref name=hisar>{{cite web| url= http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/gazeteers/gazetteer_india_hisar.pdf| title= Gazetteer of India, Haryana, Hisar| work= Communications, page 135| publisher= Haryana Government| accessdate= 10 May 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140501213030/http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/gazeteers/gazetteer_india_hisar.pdf| archive-date= 1 May 2014| url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Rajputana-Malwa_State_Railway |title = Rajputana Malwa State Railway| publisher= fibis| accessdate = 10 May 2014}}</ref> The Bathinda–Rewari metre-gauge line was converted to {{track gauge|1676 mm|lk=on}}-wide {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]in 1994.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf| title = Overview of Bikaner Division| publisher = Indian Railways| accessdate = 10 May 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030427/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf| archive-date = 8 May 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title= IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899)| publisher=| accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref>

In 1901–1902, the metre-gauge Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended to Bathinda by 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| accessdate = 10 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 | accessdate = 10 May 2014}}</ref> It was subsequently converted to broad gauge.<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| accessdate = 10 May 2014}}</ref>

==Amenities==
Bathinda railway station has two double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms chargeable @ Rs. 100 for 24 hours.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,2,279,848,849 |title=Retiring room details (Northern Railway) |publisher= Ministry of Railways| accessdate=11 May 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ambalarail.com/modelstation.php |title= Model stations |publisher= Ambala railway division |accessdate= 11 May 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140512224720/http://www.ambalarail.com/modelstation.php |archive-date= 12 May 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bathinda-junction-bti/109 Trains at Bathinda]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Bathinda}}

{{s-rail-start|noclear=yes}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= | next= Gahri Bhagi |line= North Western Railway zone|branch= [[Bathinda–Rewari line]]}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= Katar Singhwala| next= Goneana Bhai Jagta |line= Northern Railway zone|branch= [[Delhi–Fazilka line]]}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= Gursar Shnewala| next= |line= North Western Railway zone|branch= [[Jodhpur–Bathinda line]]}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= | next= Bahman Dwana |line= North Western Railway zone|branch= [[Suratgarh–Bathinda line]]}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= | next= Bathinda Cantonment |line= North Western Railway zone|branch= [[Bathinda–Rajpura line]]}}
{{end}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bathinda Junction
|North = Goneana Bhai Jagta (Fazila, Ferozpur )
|Northeast =
|East = [[Bathinda Cantonment railway station]] (Rajpura, Ambala)
|Southeast = Katar Singhwala (Rohtak, Delhi)|
|South = Gahri Bhagi (Rewari, Jaipur)
|Southwest = Gursar Shnewala (Hanumangarh, Jodhapur)
|West = Bahman Dwana (Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner)
|Northwest =
}}

{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Bathinda district]]
[[Category:Ambala railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1884]]
[[Category:Transport in Bathinda]]

Bathinda Junction railway station - Revision history

imported>Feroze Ahmad 2 at 19:07, 1 August 2021