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 11-North Western Railway | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bikaner Junction railway station |
| Locale | Rajasthan |
| Dates of operation | 1924; 101 years ago (1924)– |
| Predecessor | Northern Railway zone |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Mixed |
| Other | |
| Website | NWR official website |
Bikaner railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the jurisdiction ofNorth Western Railway zone of theIndian Railways.[1] This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located atBikaner in the state of Rajasthan of India.
Jaipur railway division,Ajmer railway division andJodhpur railway division are the other three railway divisions under NWR Zone headquartered atJaipur.[2][3] This division is one of the key enabler of theDelhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project by virtue of running parts of the railways 1,500 km long network ofWestern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
TheBikaner railway division was formed in 1924, though its origin dates back to early 1880.
In 1882, a1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) widemetre gauge line from Marwar Junction to Pali was built by the Rajputana Railway. It was extended to Luni in 1884 and Jodhpur on 9 March 1885. New Jodhpur Railway was later combined with Bikaner Railway to form Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway in 1889. Later in 1900,Jodhpur–Bikaner line combined with Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway (some part of this railway is inPakistan) leading to connection with Hyderabad of Sindh Province. Later in 1924 Jodhpur and Bikaner Railways worked as independent Railways. After Independence, a part of Jodhpur Railway went to West Pakistan.[4][5] In 1889, theBikaner Princely State andJodhpur Princely State started constructing theJodhpur–Bikaner Railway within theRajputana Agency. In 1891, the1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) widemetre gauge Jodhpur–Bikaner line was commissioned under theRajputana-Malwa Railway, Jodhpur-Merta Road section was commissioned on 8 April, the Merta Road-Nagaur section on 16 October, and the Nagaur-Bikaner section on 9 December. The Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended toBathinda in 1901–02 to connect it with the metre gauge section of theBombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and the meter gauge ofNorth Western RailwayDelhi–Fazilka line via Hanumangarh.[4] In 1926, the workshop at Bikaner (Lalgarh) was set up to carry out periodic overhauling of metre gauge coaches and wagons.[6][7] Sometime around or prior to 1991, the construction work for the conversion from meter gauge to5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge of the Jodhpur–Bikaner line, along with the link to Phulera, were started,[8] and it was already functioning as broad gauge Jodhpur–Merta City–Bikaner–Bathinda line by 2008.[9] In 2012, the Bikaner Heritage Rail Museum was opened at Bikaner to displays items related to the Jodhpur and Bikaner Railway.[10]
In 2009, the metre gaugeHisar–Sadulpur line was converted to broad gauge.[11][12]
Between 2008 and 2011, theBikaner–Rewari line was converted to broad gauge.[11]
In 1884, TheRajputana-Malwa Railway extended the1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) widemetre gaugeDelhi-Rewari section ofDelhi–Fazilka line to Bathinda,[13][14] which was The Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the Delhi-Bathinda-Samasatta line in 1897.[15] The line passed through Muktasar and Fazilka tehsils and provided direct connection throughSamma Satta (now in Pakistan) to Karachi.[16]
In 2013, the new broad gauge electrifiedRewari-Rohtak line was constructed.[17]
The division has the followingtypes of locomotive engines:(Legends: W - broad gauge, D - diesel, G - goods, M - mixed, P - passenger)
For the employees and their families, the division also has the following healthcare facilities:
The division has following training institutes:
The division has ≈14,000 employees handling 142 trains across 198 stations (14 with Computerized Passenger Reservation System). The quantum of traffic is equally split between goods and passenger segment, with food grains, china clay and gypsum being the main outbound goods traffic.
The network of this division covers the following states:
The network consists of the following lines:
TheWestern Dedicated Freight Corridor passes through Rewari.
The list includes the stations under the Bikaner railway division and their station category.[18][19]
| Category of station | No. of stations | Names of stations |
|---|---|---|
| A-1 Category | 0 | - |
| A Category | 7 | Bikaner Junction,Bhiwani,Hanumangarh Junction,Hisar Junction,Lalgarh Junction,Sri Ganganagar Junction,Suratgarh Junction, Bawanikhera |
| B Category | 5 | Mandi Dabwali, Shri karanpur, Kesrisingh pur, Gajsinghpur, Raisingh Nagar. |
| C Category (Suburban station) | - | - |
| D Category | 1 | Prithviraj pura |
| E Category | - | - |
| F Category Halt Station | - | - |
| Total | - | - |
Stations closed for Passengers -