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{{Short description|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox station
| name = Hotgi Junction
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| type = [[Light rail]] & [[Regional rail]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]
| image_caption = Indian Railways logo
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| address = Near Railway Rest House, [[Hotgi]]-413215. [[Maharashtra]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|17.5652|75.9896|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| elevation = {{convert|473|m}}
| line = [[Gadag–Hotgi line]]<br>[[Guntakal–Hotgi line]]<br>
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| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| platform = 3
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| tracks = 3
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = {{Start date and age|1884}}{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
| closed =
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| electrified = Yes
| ADA = {{Access icon|20px}}{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
| code ={{Indian railway code
| code = HG
| zone = [[Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Solapur}}
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| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Central Railway zone]]
| zone = [[Indian Railways]]
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| map_dot_label = Hotgi railway station
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| map_type = India#India Maharashtra
| map_caption = Location in Maharashtra
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'''Hotgi Junction''' (Station code: '''HG''') is a [[railway junction]] station under [[Solapur Railway Division]] of [[Central Railway zone]] of Indian Railways located at [[Hotgi]], suburb of [[Solapur]].

== 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.

==Established==
The Hotgi railway station was opened in 1884, when the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] started to build [[metre-gauge railway]] line between Hotgi and [[Gadag]] in 1882, which was completed in the year 1884.<ref name=wikismr>{{cite web|title=Southern Mahratta Railway|url=http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Southern_Mahratta_Railway|website=Fibiwiki|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2019}}<ref name=hotgi>{{cite book|editor1-first=James M. |editor1-last=Campbell|title=Places – Hotgi|date=1884|work=Gazetteer Department, [[Government of Maharashtra]] ([[Sholapur district]])|location=Mumbai|edition=2006|url=http://solapur.gov.in/htmldocs/1884/places_h.html#1|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref>

== Development ==
Gadag–Hotgi rail doubling is sanctioned in the year 2014–15. Doubling for part length of this project, i.e. from Hotgi–Kudgi (134 km) is taken up under Customer Funding Model. For this purpose NTPC have deposited Rs.946 cr. with Railway.
New Crossing station @ Kudgi with 4 lines for giving connectivity to NTPC was commissioned on 29.01.2017.
Work is in progress in the section between Minchinal–Lachyan (42.5 km) is targeted for commissioning during 2017–18.
<ref>[http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,5,1044,1209 GADAG–HOTGI DOUBLING]</ref>

== Services ==
It connects to {{stnlnk|Solapur Junction}} on north-west direction, [[Gulburga]] and [[Wadi, Karnataka|Wadi]] Junction on south-east direction, [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]] and [[Gadag]] Junction on south direction.

== Lines ==
The Hotgi–Gadag railway line was metre gauge and converted to broad gauge in stages. The conversion was finally completed in December 2008. Now Hotgi is connected to Hubli and Hospet by direct trains. Bangalore–Solapur train now runs via Bijapur and Hotgi.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railway stations in Maharashtra}}

[[Category:Railway junction stations in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Solapur railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1884]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Solapur district]]

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