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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{See also|Bidar (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Bidar<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways|Indian Railway]] [[Train station|Station]]<br />
| native_name =<br />
| native_name_lang = Kn<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = State Highway 15, Bidar, Karnataka<br />
| country = India <br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|17.911788|N|77.515281|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|673|m|ft}} <br />
| line = [[Vikrabad–Parli Vaijnath branch line]] <br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on ground<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
| opened = 1932<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Under Construction<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BIDR<br />
| division = Secunderabad<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_dot_label = Bidar railway station<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| map_type = India Karnataka<br />
| map_caption = Location in Karnataka<br />
}}<br />
'''Bidar railway station''' (Station code: '''BIDR''') is located in [[Bidar district]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]] and serves [[Bidar]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] extended its Mumbai–Solapur line to Raichur in 1871. The Wadi–Secunderabad line was built in 1874.<ref name="IR History: Early Days – II">{{cite web | url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html | title = IR History: Early Days – II | last = Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date= 21 December 2013}}</ref> The Vikrabad–Bidar {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] line was opened in 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/HandbookKarnataka2010/Chapter%20VII%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf|title = Chapter VII – Transport and Communications|work = Railway lines opened for traffic in the state since 1861, page 290|publisher = Karnataka Government|access-date = 21 December 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130826085621/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/HandbookKarnataka2010/Chapter%20VII%20Transport%20and%20Communications.pdf|archive-date = 26 August 2013|df = dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Construction of the 110-km Gulbarga–Bidar link was completed and inaugurated by Prime minister Narendra Modi on 29 October 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/railway-bridge-across-bennethora-to-be-complete-in-two-years/article4947390.ece|title = Railway bridge across Bennethora to be complete in two years |work=The Hindu|date=24 July 2013| access-date = 21 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.infrastructuretoday.co.in/News.aspx?nId=5u7GH+mdQ0sgr6I2G1IWDQ== | title =Bidar-Gulbarga rail service | work =Infrastructure Today | date =January 2012 | access-date =21 December 2013 | archive-date =1 July 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150701184616/http://www.infrastructuretoday.co.in/News.aspx?nId=5u7GH+mdQ0sgr6I2G1IWDQ== | url-status =dead }}</ref><br />
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==Amenities==<br />
Bidar railway station has a Tourist Information Centre, computerized reservation counter, waiting room, light refreshment stall and tea stall .<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/bidar-bidr-railway-station.html |title = Bidar railway station| publisher= Make my trip | access-date = 21 December 2013 }}</ref> Bidar has connectivity with Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, Sainagar Shirdi, Latur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Kalburgi, osmanabad, and Mumbai (according to Railway Budget 2014–15)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bidar-bidr/2282 Trains at Bidar]<br />
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Bidar}}<br />
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