Solapur railway station

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Solapur Railway Station
Indian Railways station
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Station entrance
General information
LocationStation Road, Solapur, Maharashtra
India
Coordinates 17°39′50″N75°53′35″E / 17.664°N 75.893°E / 17.664; 75.893
Elevation455.000 metres (1,492.782 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Central Railway
Line(s) Mumbai–Chennai line
Mumbai Dadar–Solapur section
Solapur–Guntakal section
Platforms5
Tracks7
ConnectionsDRM - Shailesh Gupta.
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeSUR
Division(s) Solapur
History
Opened1860
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
Daily120,000+
Location
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Solapur Station
Location in Maharashtra
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Solapur Station
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Solapur railway station platformboard

Solapur railway station is located in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra and serves Solapur city and the industrial belt around it. It is headquarters of Solapur Railway Division and a part of Central Railway zone.

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Solapur lies on the planned Mumbai–Hyderabad high-speed rail corridor. The possibility of an Ahmednagar Karmala railway line is also being explored. [1]

History

The first passenger train in India from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai to Thane ran on 16 April 1853 on the track laid by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The GIPR line was extended to Kalyan in 1854 and then on the south-east side to Khopoli via Palasdari railway station at the foot of the Western Ghats in 1856. While construction work was in progress across the Bhor Ghat, GIPR opened to public the Khandala–Pune track in 1858. The Bhor Ghat incline connecting Palasdari to Khandala was completed in 1862, thereby connecting Mumbai and Pune. [2]

The Pune–Raichur sector of the Mumbai–Chennai line was opened in stages: the portion from Pune to Barshi Road was opened in 1859, from Barshi Road to Mohol in 1860 and from Mohol to Solapur also in 1860. Work on the line from Solapur southwards was begun in 1865 and the line was extended to Raichur in 1871. [3]

The metre-gauge Solapur–Hubli line was opened in stages. The Gadag–Hotgi section was opened in 1884. [4] The lines were converted to broad gauge by 2008. [5]

It is the 19th cleanest station in India (as of 2019) and one of the most beautiful railway stations in India ranked A-1 among 500 main stations in India.[ citation needed ]

Electrification

Railway electrification in India began with the first electric train, between Bombay Victoria Terminus and Kurla by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway's (GIPR) on 3 February 1925, on 1.5 kV DC. The Kalyan–Pune section was electrified with 1.5 kV DC overhead system in 1930. [6] These sections were converted from 1.5 kV DC to 25kV AC by 2015. [7]

The Pune–Daund section as well as Daund–Bhigwan section was electrified in 2017. [8] The electrification of the Bhigwan-Kalaburgi section is in progress with completion expected by March 2021. [9] [ needs update ]

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited team achieved another milestone of execution of RE of Hotgi-Solapur double line section RKM 14.96 & TKM 44.71. The Solapur-Kalaburgi Double line section is now totally electrified.

The inspection of railway electrification work between Hotgi-Solapur double line section (RKM 14.96 & TKM 44.71) was successfully completed. With the commissioning of this section, now 610 RKM railway electrification work is completed out of 641 RKM of the PUNE-WADI-GUNTAKAL section electrification project.

The project covers an important route of the Golden Quadrilateral connecting Mumbai and Chennai City. In addition, all south-going electric passenger and goods trains from major cities like Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore (Southcentral Railway and Southwest Railway) can come up to Solapur district, Maharashtra (Central Railway) on electric traction.

Passenger movement

Solapur railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. It serves about 120,000 passengers every day. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Arkhade, Arvind (November 2021). "अहमदनगर-करमाळा नवीन रेल्वे मार्गाबाबत लवकरच निर्णयाची शक्यता" [Ahmednagar-Karmala new railway route likely to be decided soon]. Deshdoot (in Marathi). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "IR History: Early Days – I : Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832–1865)". IRFCA. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899). "IR History: Early Days – II". IRFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Solapur District Gazetteer". Gazetteer department. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Work completed on Gadag–Bagalkot gauge conversion". News on Projects.com, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Electric Traction I". History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "DC to AC conversion on Mumbai's Central Railways rail route completed". The Economic Times. Mumbai: PTI. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Pune–Daund local brings respite for daily commuters". Pune Mirror. 18 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "March 2021: When the Mumbai-Chennai Railway Route Will Be Fully Doubled, Electrified". 1 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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