Bijapur railway station

Bijapur Railway Station
Regional rail and Light rail station
Gol Gumbaz
Location Station Road, Bijapur
India
Coordinates 16°49′50″N 75°44′22″E / 16.8306°N 75.7395°E / 16.8306; 75.7395Coordinates: 16°49′50″N 75°44′22″E / 16.8306°N 75.7395°E / 16.8306; 75.7395
Elevation 597 metres (1,959 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by South Western Railway zone
Line(s) Solapur-Gadag branch line
Platforms 3
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Status Double Rail Track Construction
Station code BJP
Division(s) Hubli
History
Opened 1884 (1884)
Electrified No
Location
Bijapur railway station
Location in Karnataka

Bijapur railway station (Station code: BJP) is an "A" Category Station Under South Western Railways located in Bijapur district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

History

The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge Gadag-Hotgi section was opened in 1884 and the Hotgi-Sholapur section in 1887 by the Southern Mahratta Railway.[1][2] The line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 2008.[3] In 1881 the Bombay Eastern Deccan Railway was under construction with William Michell the Engineer-in-Charge. This line immediately upon opening became the Bijapur Branch of the Southern Mahratta Railway. [1]

The Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR) was founded in 1882 to construct a metre gauge (MG) railway between Hotgi and Gadag (opened to traffic in 1884), one of the "famine lines" set up with a guarantee. In the same year (1882), it was contracted by the Indian State of Mysore to work the several metre gauge lines that the Mysore State had built or was in the course of construction.

In 1888, a line was extended from Londa towards the Portuguese colony of Goa where it connected with the Marmagao line at Castle Rock. (From 1902 this line was leased as the West of India Portuguese Railway.) By 1890, this line extended from Londa eastwards via Guntakal to Bezwada, and northwards to Poona, turning the SMR from an assortment of branches to a real railway network.

In 1908, the SMR merged with the Madras Railway(MR) to form the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) [4]

Amenities

Bijapur railway station has a Tourist Information Centre, computerized reservation counters, waiting room, retiring rooms, vegetarian refreshment stall, light refreshment stall, tea stall and book stall.[5]

Major trains[edit]

Trains those run through/From Bijapur are:

Development

Gadag-Hotgi Rail Doubling is sanctioned in the year 2014-15 Doubling for part length of this project, i.e. from Hotgi-Kudgi (134 km) is taken up under Customer Funding Model.For this purpose NTPC have deposited Rs.946 cr. with Railway. New Crossing station @ Kudgi with 4 lines for giving connectivity to NTPC was commissioned on 29.01.2017. Work is in progress in the section between Minchinal-Lachyan (42.5 km) is targeted for commissioning during 2017-18.Tenders valued @ Rs 14 crores have been called for redevelopment of the station. [6]

Future

Karnataka state government had proposed eleven new railway projects in the state. The Bijapur-Shahabad new line project was one of these proposed new lines to be constructed on a public-private partnership basis.[7] The Railway Board had proposed to undertake the Bijapur-Shahabad project along with other projects on PPP mode in 2010-11. As the project was meant to initiate and expedite development of the area, the state government will be providing the land required for the projects free of cost, apart from partial funding. The Railway Board entrusted this and other similar projects to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, a special purpose vehicle established by the railways for undertaking projects on PPP mode. However, as the private sector has not evinced any interest in such projects and because of shortage of funds for new projects the Railway Board has asked the state government to fund the project.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sholapur District Gazetteer". Gazetteer department. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870-1899). "IR History: Early Days – II". IFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Work completed on Gadag-Bagalkot gauge conversion". News on Projects.com, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR)
  5. ↑ "Bijapur railway station". Make my trip. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. ↑ GADAG-HOTGI DOUBLING
  7. ↑ "Karnataka urges Railway Ministry to sanction 11 new projects". The Hindu Business Line, 24 February 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Fund crunch hits railway projects". The New Indian Express, 17 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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