Raichur railway station

Raichur junction
Indian Railway Junction Station
Raichur Junction Railway Station Board
Location Azad Nagar, Raichur, Karnataka
India
Coordinates 16°11′37″N 77°20′22″E / 16.1935°N 77.3394°E / 16.1935; 77.3394Coordinates: 16°11′37″N 77°20′22″E / 16.1935°N 77.3394°E / 16.1935; 77.3394
Elevation 406 metres (1,332 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by South Central Railway
Line(s) Solapur-Guntakal section of Mumbai-Chennai line, Gadwal-Raichur line
Platforms 3
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code RC
Division(s) Guntakal
History
Opened 1871
Location
Raichur railway station
Location in Karnataka

Raichur railway station (Station code: RC) is located in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves Raichur and the surrounding industrially efflorescent area. The station has three platforms.

History

Raichur was the meeting point of two great railway systems of yesteryears – the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and Madras Railway. While the former started construction from Mumbai, the latter from Chennai. The two systems met at Raichur in 1871.[1][2]

The 58 km long Raichur-Gadwal railway track was opened in 2013. Gadwal is on the Dhone-Kacheguda line.[3]

It is the fourth busiest railway station in karnataka after Bangalore city junction, Yesvantpur junction and Hubbali junction.

New line is constructing from ginegera(Koppala dist) to mahaboob nagar via gangavathi, sindhanoor, manvi and raichur. First phase ginigera to raichur will complete on 2019.

Classification

Raichur is classified as an A–category station in the Guntakal railway division.[4]

Electrification

Electrification work in the 641km Pune-Wadi-Guntakal sector have been initiated but is yet to get going.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870-1899). "IR History: Early Days – II". IFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ↑ John Hurd, Ian J. Kerr, India’s Railway History: A Research Handbook, page 177
  3. ↑ "Gadwal-Raichur rail line opening". The New Indian Express, 12 October 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Category of Stations over Guntakal Division". South Central Railway zone. Portal of Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Brief on Railway Electrification". Electrification Work in Progress. Central Organisation for Railway Electrification. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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Yermaras
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Marichethal
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