Delhi–Jaipur line

Delhi–Jaipur line
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan
Termini Old Delhi
Jaipur
Operation
Opened 1875 as metre gauge track
1994 as broad gauge track
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) Northern Railway, North Western Railway
Technical
Track length 305 km (190 mi)
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Highest elevation Delhi 239 m (784 ft), Jaipur 428 m (1,404 ft)

The Delhi–Jaipur line connects Jaipur city with Delhi, the capital of India.[1] The Jaipur Division of the North Western Railway is also headquartered at Jaipur. Rewari is the station between Delhi–Jaipur line.

Jaipur Junction

History

Rajputana State Railway opened the Delhi-Bandikui 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge line in 1874, extended it to Ajmer in 1875 and to Ahmedabad in 1881.[2] The Delhi-Ajmer metre gauge line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 1994, but only a part of the track was formally inaugurated in 2007.[3][4]

Electrification

Railway electrification work is in the process of being taken up in the Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Rewari and Rewari-Alwar-Bandikui-Jaipur-Palanpur-Ahmedabad sectors.[5]

Passenger movement

Jaipur, on this line, is the only railway station which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[6]

Railway reorganisation

Rajputana State Railway was the first railway company in India to build and operate 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge lines.[7] Rajputana State Railway was merged into Rajputana-Malwa State Railway in 1882.[2] In 1900, Rajputana Malwa State Railway was merged in to Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.[7]

In 1952, Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, east of Mughalsarai, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. Western Railway was formed with BBCI Rly, the Saurashtra, the Rajasthan, the Jaipur, and the Cutch Rlys.[8] North Western Railway was formed on 1 October 2002, with two divisions each from Northern and Western Railways.[9]

References

  1. ↑ North Western Railway Website
  2. 1 2 "IR History: Early Days II (1870-1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "IR History: Part V (1970-1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Inauguration of Rewari BG Project". Press Information Bureau, 7 October 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Brief on Railway Electrification". Electrification work in progress. Central Organisation for Railway Electrification. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Rajputana Malwa State Railway". fibis. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "North Western Railway". NW Railway. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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