Latur railway station
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Latur लातूर | ||
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 Latur Railway Station | ||
| General information | ||
| Location | Arwi, Latur | |
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |
| Line(s) | Latur Road-Miraj line Nizamabad-Bodhan-Latur Road Gulbarga-Latur Road Nanded-Latur Road (under construction) | |
| Platforms | 5 | |
| Tracks | 8 | |
| Connections | Central Bus Station, Taxi Stand | |
| Construction | ||
| Structure type | Standard | |
| Parking | Available | |
| Bicycle facilities | Available | |
| Other information | ||
| Station code | LUR | |
| Zone(s) | Central Railway zone | |
| Division(s) | Solapur | |
| Fare zone | Central Railway zone | |
| History | ||
| Opened | 1897 | |
| Rebuilt | 2007 | |
| Electrified | No | |
| Passengers | ||
| Daily | 25,000 (Approximately) | |
| Services | ||
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Latur Express Super fast, passenger, Inter City Express.
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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 (SLP) Division of Central Railway (CR). Latur is well connected to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmadabad, Gulbarga, Latur road, Mumbai, Lonavla, Nanded, Amravati, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Miraj, Nizamabad,.
Administration
The railway station comes under the Solapur railway division of Central Railway zone.
History
In the past, there railway was a Narrow-gauge but in 2007 work started to convert it to a Broad gauge. 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 Bidhan 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
References
- ^ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/how-indias-longest-water-train-is-coming-to-latur-2756820/
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Latur-water-train-completes-100-trips/articleshow/53468263.cms
- ^ "Maharashtra drought: Latur to get water by train in 15 days". DNA India. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Surveys for 19 new rail lines proposed in Interim Rail Budget". India TV News, 12 February 2014.
- ^ "RAILWAY BUDGET: WHAT MAHARASHTRA GETS". Sakal Times, 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Doubling of track:Faster rail services by 2016". The New Indian Express, 4 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
External links
- Latur railway station at the India Rail Info
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