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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>Ballari Junction
| native_name = <hr/>{{small|Bellary Junction}}
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Ballari railway station front.jpg
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| address = [[National Highway 150A (India)|National Highway 150A]], [[Ballari]], [[Karnataka]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|15.1455|76.9235|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section]], [[Ballari–Chikjajur line]]
| other = Auto stand
| elevation = {{convert|387|m|ft}}
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 4
| depth = 
| levels = 
| tracks = 6
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = 1896, 151 years ago
| closed = 
| rebuilt = 
| electrified = Yes
| ADA = 
| code = {{Indian railway code
  | code = BAY
  | zone = [[South Western Railway zone|South Western Railway]]
  | division = {{rwd|Hubli}}
  }}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Western Railway zone|South Western Railway]]
| status = Functioning
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}}
'''Ballari Junction railway station''', formerly '''Bellary Junction railway station''' (station code: '''BAY''') is a main railway station in [[Ballari district]], [[Karnataka]]. It serves [[Ballari]]. This is one of the oldest railway stations in India, and possibly the second in karnataka, built by the [[British Raj]] more than 150 years ago. The foundation stone for Ballari Junction was laid on 1869.  [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited Ballari and spent about eight hours at the railway station here on 1 October 1921.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ballari, an important ‘station’ in Gandhi's fight|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/120818/ballari-an-important-station-in-gandhis-fight.html|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.deccanchronicle.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/ballari-junction-bellary-bay/505| title=BAY/Ballari Junction | website=India Rail Info}}</ref>

[[File:Ballari_Junction.jpg|thumb]]
Previously, the Ballari was part of [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] on Hubballi–Guntakal rail line.<ref>{{cite book|title=Origin and Development of Southern Railway|pages=18–19|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/12705/10/10_chapter%202.pdf|accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref>station consists of four platforms for its junction for three routes going towards [[Rayadurgam]], [[Guntakal Junction railway station|Guntakal]] and [[Hosapete Junction railway station|Hosapete]].

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{{Railway stations in Karnataka}}
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[[Category:Railway stations in Bellary district]]
[[Category:Hubli railway division]]


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