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{{Infobox station
| name= Belgaum/Belagavi
| type = Railway station
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image = Belgaum Railway Station - panoramio.jpg
| style = Indian Railways
| address= [[Belgaum]], [[Belagavi District]], [[Karnataka]]
| line = [[Pune–Miraj–Londa line]]
| structure =Standard (on ground station)
| platforms = 3
| track(s) =
| bicycle =
| baggage_check=
| electrified = NO (in pipeline under Pune–Miraj–Londa Electrification Project)
| elevation = 752 m
| status = Functional
| parking = Available
| baggage check =
| ADA =
| code = BGM
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[South Western Railway zone]]
| passengers =
| coordinates = {{coord|15|50|56|N|74|30|32|E|display=inline}}
| map_type = India Karnataka
| map_dot_label = Belgaum railway station
| map_size = 300
| map_caption = Location in Karnataka
}}
'''Belagavi railway station''' (Station code: '''BGM''') is an "A" Category station under [[South Western Railway zone|South Western Railways]] and it is the primary railway station serving [[Belgaum|Belgaum/Belagavi]] in northern [[Karnataka]]. The station is situated on [[Miraj]]–[[Londa Junction railway station|Londa]] line. The station has three platforms.

== History ==
In 1881 the Bombay Eastern Deccan Railway was under construction with William Michell the Engineer-in-Charge. This line immediately upon opening became the Bijapur branch of the Southern Mahratta Railway.

The Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR) was founded in 1882 to construct a metre-gauge (MG) railway between Hotgi and Gadag (opened to traffic in 1884), one of the "famine lines" set up with a guarantee. In the same year (1882), it was contracted by the Indian state of Mysore to work the several metre-gauge lines that the Mysore State had built or was in the course of construction.

In 1888, a line was extended from Londa towards the Portuguese colony of Goa where it connected with the Marmagao line at Castle Rock. (From 1902 this line was leased as the West of India Portuguese Railway.) By 1890, this line extended from Londa eastwards via Guntakal to Bezwada, and northwards to Poona, via Belgavi & Miraj turning the SMR from an assortment of branches to a real railway network.
In 1908, the SMR merged with the Madras Railway (MR) to form the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (M&SMR)
<ref>[http://wiki.fibis.org/w/Southern_Mahratta_Railway Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR)]</ref>

== Development==
Preliminary Engg-cum Traffic Survey for a new line between Belagavi–Sawantwadi (114.6 km). Physical Survey completed and Report is under preparation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,5,1031,1032|title = South Western Railway}}</ref> PET Survey for new line between Belagavi–Hubli via Kitturu (91.00 km). Physical Survey completed and Report is under preparation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,5,1031,1032|title = South Western Railway}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Railway stations in Karnataka}}

[[Category:Hubli railway division]]
[[Category:Transport in Karnataka]]

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Belagavi railway station - Revision history

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