Latur railway station

Latur Railway Station
लातूर रेल्वे स्थानक
Latur Railway Station
Location Arwi, Latur
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s)

Latur Road-Miraj line
Bodhan-Latur Road
Gulbarga-Latur
Nanded-Latur Road

(under construction)
Platforms 2
Tracks 4
Connections Central Bus Station, Taxi Stand
Construction
Structure type Standard
Parking Available
Other information
Station code LUR
Zone(s) Central Railway zone
Division(s) Solapur
Fare zone Central Railway zone
History
Opened 1897 (1897)lie
Rebuilt 2007 (2007)
Electrified No
Traffic
Passengers (Daily) 25000 (Approximately)
Services
Latur Express, Passenger, Inter City Express.

Latur (Station Code: LUR) is an A-Category railway station in Central Railway Zone which serves the city of Latur, Maharashtra. located on the Latur road junction – Miraj junction section of Solapur (SUR) Division of Central Railway (CR). Latur is well connected to Bangalore, Hyderabad, [Aurangabad]'Pandharpur Bidar Pune, Ahmedabad, Gulbarga, Latur Road junction, Mumbai,Panvel Kurla Lonavla, Nanded, Amravati, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Miraj, [[Nizamabad, Vikarabad []Tirupati]],Telangana|Nizamabad,]].Renigunta Junction

Latur Metro Coach factory

Indian Railways decided to set up a metro and rail coach manufacturing facility in Latur in Maharashtra. The project is likely it entail investment ofmore than Rs 1,500 crore. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and railway minister Piyush Goyal approved setting up a rail coach factory in Latur, The facility will cater to the demands of metro coaches in cities across India along with the captive demand from coming from Indian Railways.

Express Trains

Administration

The railway station comes under the Solapur railway division of Central Railway zone.

History

In the past during Nizam's period, Latur railway was a Narrow-gauge but in 2007 work started to convert it to a Broad gauge in barsi light railway. In 2008, the entire Miraj Latur line was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge.

Jaldoot Express

For the first time in Maharashtra history, due to the draught the Latur city faced for three consecutive years, the summer of 2016 presented itself with extreme scarcity of water. To overcome this issue, a joint project was then requested by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. After further research, and many changes in plan, Miraj was chosen to transport water to Latur from 342 km away.[1] The "Jaldoot" train made its first experimental run on 11 April 2016, carrying 10 tanker wagons, each filled with 50,000 liters of water.[2] Over 250,000 liters of water were transported, and the program was and continues to be a success.[3]

Electrification

The Kurduwadi-Latur-Latur Road line will be electrified as per union railway budget 2014–15.[4][5]

Line and location

The railway track in the Kurduwadi-Latur Road sector will be doubled at a cost of Rs. 700 crore.[6] Indian Railways also has plans for extending the railway line from Latur Road to Bodhan which in turn will pave way for Latur to have direct connectivity to Nizamabad, warangal, Vishakapatnam, Adilabad many other cities of Telangana which are located in neighbouring state of Telangana.

Other stations

The other stations that serve the city of Latur are

  • Harangul Railway Station
  • Ausa Road Railway station

References

  1. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/how-indias-longest-water-train-is-coming-to-latur-2756820/
  2. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Latur-water-train-completes-100-trips/articleshow/53468263.cms
  3. ↑ "Maharashtra drought: Latur to get water by train in 15 days". DNA India. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ↑ "Surveys for 19 new rail lines proposed in Interim Rail Budget". India TV News, 12 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "RAILWAY BUDGET: WHAT MAHARASHTRA GETS". Sakal Times, 2 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Doubling of track:Faster rail services by 2016". The New Indian Express, 4 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.


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