Merta Road–Rewari line

The Merta Road–Rewari line or Merta Road–Phulera–Rewari line is a railway route on the North Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. This route plays an important role in rail transportation of Bikaner division, Ajmer division and Jaipur division of Rajasthan state and Gurugram division of Haryana state.

Merta Road–Rewari line with Ratangarh, Merta City, Parbatsar and Jaipur–Churu branch lines
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Rajasthan and Haryana
Termini	Merta Road Junction Rewari Junction
Service
Operator(s)	North Western Railway
History
Opened	1 March 1941 (Main line) 18 January 1905 (Ratangarh branch) 1957 (Jaipur Churu branch) 18 January 1905 (Merta City branch) 1 August 1928 (Parbatsar branch)
Technical
Line length	Main line 368 km (229 mi) Branch Lines: Degana–Ratangarh 153 km (95 mi) Jaipur–Churu 201 km (125 mi) Merta Road–Merta City 15 km (9 mi) Makrana–Parbatsar City 22 km (14 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge
Old gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre gauge
Electrification	Yes
Operating speed	100 km/h
Route map Legend to Jodhpur–Bathinda line 0 Merta Road Merta City 15 to Jodhpur–Bathinda line 10 Khedauli 17 Ren NH 58 31 Jalsu 37 Jalsu Nanak SH 60 44/0 Degana NH 65A Gachhipura 59 13 Kiroda Besroli 70 25 Khatu SH 2B SH 59 / NH 65A Borawar 82 SH 19 Makrana 88/0 30 Choti Khatu SH 2B 44 Pirwa SH 2B 50 Khunkhuna Bidiyad 9 60 Marwar Balia Parbatsar City 22 NH 65A SH 7 66 Didwana Kuchaman City 102 NH 65A Thathana Mithri 106 79 Sanvrad Nawa Kharadia 111 87 Balasamand Nawa City 117 NH 58 Govindi Marwar 127 97 Ladnun Gudha 137 102 Jaswantgarh Sambhar lake 145 107 Sujangarh SH 2 SH 20 SH 57 120 Talchhapar to Jaipur–Ahmedabad line SH 7C Phulera 153 133 Parihara on Jaipur–Ahmedabad line SH 7C Peeplee ka Bas 158 144 Loha Khandel 163 on Bikaner–Rewari line Sanodiya 170 NH 11 SH 2C 153 Ratangarh Bheslana 176 on Bikaner–Rewari line 181 Mindha 186 Renwal Jaipur 0 SH 19 to Delhi–Jaipur line 193 Pacharmalikpura Dahar Ka Balaji 4 201 Badhal NH 52 209 Kishan Manpura Nindhar Benar 11 Bhaton Ki Gali 23 Chomun Samod 29 SH 19 Loharwara 34 Govindgarh Malikpur 39 Chhota Gudha 49 219/60 Ringas NH 52 SH 37 67 Sonthaliya Shri Madhopur 229 72 Baori Thikriya Kachera 238 83 Palsana Kanwat 245 91 Ranolishishu SH 13 97 Goriyan Bhagega 256 SH 8 SH 37B 110 Sikar Nim Ka Thana 265 to Sikar–Loharu line SH 13 125 Rasheedpura Khori Maonda 274 138 Laxmangarh Sikar Jhilo 282 158 Fatehpur Shekhawati Dabla 290 NH 11 and SH 11 Rajasthan Haryana 169 Kayamsar Nizampur 301 177 Ramgarh Shekhawati Amarpur Jorasi 308 183 Mahansar SH 14 189 Bissau Narnaul 316 201 Churu Mirzapur Bachhaud 323 NH 52 Ateli 330 to Bikaner–Rewari line 340 Kathuwas 345 Kund NH 11 351 Pali 357 Khori to Bikaner–Rewari line on Delhi–Jaipur line 368 Rewari to Bathinda–Rewari line to Delhi–Jaipur line Sources:Google Maps Merta Road Merta City DEMU Runicha Express Jodhpur Hisar DEMU Makrana Parbatsar City Passenger Phulera Rewari Express Jaipur Churu DEMU

The corridor passes through the Desert Area of Rajasthan and Haryana with a stretch of 368 km with consists of four branch lines. The first branch line starts at Degana Junction and ends at Ratangarh Junction with a stretch of 153 km. The second branch line starts at Jaipur Junction, passes through Ringas Junction, and ends at Churu Junction with a stretch of 201 km. The third branch line starts at Merta Road Junction and ends at Merta City with a length of 15 km. The fourth branch line starts from Makrana Junction to Parbatsar City with a length of 22 km.

History

The main railway line from Merta Road Junction to Rewari Junction was originally built by Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway and Jaipur State Railway company of Bikaner Princely State, Jodhpur Princely State and Jaipur Princely State portion as metre-gauge line during the 19th and 20th century. This line was opened in different phases during the construction period.

• The first phase, from Merta Road to Kuchaman City was opened on 13 March 1893.
• The second phase, from Kuchaman City to Phulera Junction which also called as Sambhar Salt Lake Branch line was opened on 20 December 1879.
• The third phase, from Phulera Junction to Narnaul was opened on 18 May 1905.
• The fourth phase, from Narnaul to Rewari Junction was opened on 1 March 1941.

Whereas, the first branch line between Merta Road to Merta City was opened on 18 January 1905, and the second branch line between Degana Junction and Ratangarh Junction was built by the both companies into three sections such as Degana Junction to Marwar Frontier under the Jodhpur State Railway was opened on 16 September 1909 and under the Bikaner State Railway the two sections which are Marwar Frontier to Sujangarh section was also opened on 16 September 1909 whereas the Sujangarh to Ratangarh Junction section was opened on 2 February 1910.^{[1][incomprehensible]} Later the third branch line between Makrana and Parbatsar City was opened on 1 August 1928, and thereafter fourth branch line from Jaipur to Churu Junction which comes under the Jaipur State Railway section was opened in different phases during the construction period.^[2]

• The first phase, from Jaipur Junction to Ringas Junction was opened on 19 December 1916.
• The second phase, from Ringas Junction to Palsana was opened on 6 April 1918.
• The third phase, from Palsana to Sikar Junction was opened on 1 December 1922.
• The fourth phase, from Sikar Junction to Fatehpur Shekhawati was opened in 1943.
• The fifth phase, from Fatehpur Shekhawati to Churu Junction was opened in 1957.^[3]

After that, the conversion into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge was started in 1992-93^[4] through into different section starting from the first section between Merta Road Junction to Phulera Junction was completed and opened in 1996,^[5] later the second section between Phulera Junction and Rewari Junction which is also called as Phulera–Rewari chord section line was opened on 15 January 2009.^[6]

Whereas, the Merta Road Junction–Merta City branch line was converted into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge and opened on 24 October 1994 with inaugurating the first Railbus in India as well as Asia also by Former Minister Nathuram Mirdha showing the green flag.^[7] and the Makrana Junction–Parbatsar City branch line was also converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge and opened on 1 June 2016.^[8] on the other side the Degana Junction–Ratangarh Junction branch line was also opened on 25 June 2010,^[9] and the Jaipur–Churu branch line was closed on 15 November 2015^[3] for conversion into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in different phases and reverse way.

• The first phase, from Churu Junction to Sikar Junction was opened on 9 December 2017.^[10]
• The second phase, from Sikar Junction to Ringas Junction was opened on 27 January 2019.^[11]
• The third phase, from Ringas Junction to Jaipur Junction was opened on 21 October 2019.^[12]

Electrification

Electrification was started on 15 March 2016, on the first main line section between Phulera and Rewari ^[13] which was completed in 2018.^[14] The Ringas Jaipur branch line section, which was approved on Rail Budget 2016-17, was also electrified in March 2021.^[15] whereas the remaining sections of this route is fully electrified.

Trains passing through this line

Main

• Malani Express
• Bilaspur–Bikaner Express
• Bikaner–Puri Express
• Anuvrat AC Superfast Express
• Barmer–Guwahati Express
• Bikaner–Guwahati Express
• Ranthambore Express
• Leelan Express
• Pratap Express
• Bhopal–Jodhpur Passenger
• Marudhar Express (via Faizabad)
• Marudhar Express (via Sultanpur)
• Marudhar Express (via Pratapgarh)
• Mandore Express
• Puri–Jodhpur Express
• Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express
• Howrah–Jodhpur Express
• Jaipur–Jodhpur Intercity Express
• Visakhapatnam–Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
• Bhagat Ki Kothi–Mannargudi Weekly Express
• Indore–Bikaner Mahamana Express
• Chandigarh–Bandra Terminus Superfast Express
• Bandra Terminus–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express
• Chetak Express
• Ajmer–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Jan Shatabdi Express

Branch

• Amrapur Aravali Express
• Sainik Express
• Kota–Hisar Express
• Salasar Express
• Bhagat Ki Kothi–Kamakhya Express
• Jodhpur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Superfast Express
• Bandra Terminus–Hisar Superfast Express
• Bandra Terminus–Jammu Tawi Vivek Express

References

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15. "Electric Trains Will Run On Mumbai And Ringas Tracks From May, CRS Has Given Permission To Run The Train At The Speed Of 110". Dainik Bhaskar.