Bathinda Railway Station is located in Bathinda in the Indian state of Punjab.
Bathinda railway station is at an elevation of and was assigned the code â BTI.
Bathinda is classified as an "A category" station in Ambala railway division. 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, Jodhpur, Haridwar, Bikaner, Lumding, Rampur, Patiala, Allahabad, Ratlam, Kota. Bathinda railway station is an important junction & terminal located on the DelhiâÂÂFerozpur 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.
The train which originates from Bathinda Junction are : â Gorakdham Express (12555/12556) â DelhiâÂÂFazilka Intercity Express (14507/14508) â AboharâÂÂJodhpurâÂÂBathinda Express (14721/14722) â Kisan Express (14731/14732) â Farakka Express (via Sultanpur) (15733/15734) â Farakka Express (via Ayodhya Cantt) (15743/15744)
The RajputanaâÂÂMalwa Railway extended the -wide metre-gauge DelhiâÂÂRewari line to Bathinda in 1884. The BathindaâÂÂRewari metre-gauge line was converted to -wide broad gauge in 1994. Bathinda was the world's oldest and largest commercial metre-gauge railway junction until 2003.
The Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the DelhiâÂÂBathinda-Samasatta line in 1897.
In 1901âÂÂ1902, the metre-gauge JodhpurâÂÂBikaner line was extended to Bathinda by JodhpurâÂÂBikaner Railway. It was subsequently converted to broad gauge.
Bathinda railway station has two double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms chargeable @ Rs. 100 for 24 hours. 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.