Template:Infobox station Kurduvadi Junction is one of the biggest railway junction stations located in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra and serves Kurduvadi. It is a junction station at the intersection point of Mumbai–Chennai line and Latur road–Miraj line. Kurduvadi Workshop is located next to the station. In 2022 Kurduwadi Junction station included in the Amrit Bharat scheme. With this New Station building is under construction.
History
This station was earlier known as Barshi Road Railway Station.
Starting with the first train in India from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai to Template:Stnlnk on 16 April 1853 on a track laid by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Template:Stnlnk was linked with Mumbai with the completion of the railway track across the Bhor Ghat incline between Template:Stnlnk to Template:Stnlnk in 1862.[1] GIPR extended its line to Raichur in 1871 and met the line of Madras Railway thereby establishing direct Mumbai–Chennai link.[2]
The Pune–Raichur sector of the Mumbai–Chennai line was opened in stages: the portion from Diksal in Pune to Barshi Road was opened in 1859, from Barshi Road to Mohol in 1860 and from Mohol to Sholapur also in 1860. Work on the line from Sholapur southwards was begun in 1865.[3]
Barsi Light Railway was a Template:Convert-long, Template:Track gauge-wide railway from Kurduvadi to Latur. It was opened in 1897 on a Template:Convert long railway track from Barsi Road to Barsi, and extended in stages.[4] The narrow-gauge line from Barsi Road to Pandharpur was extended to Miraj in 1927.[5]
Gauge conversion from Template:Track gauge to Template:Track gauge of the Miraj–Latur track and extension of the new line to Latur Road was taken up in 1992 and completed in stages. The last phase of the Template:Convert long project was completed in 2008.[6]
Amenities
Kurduvadi railway station has a public call office booth with facilities for subscriber trunk dialling, refreshment stalls serving vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, retiring room, waiting room, and book stall.[7]
Workshop
Kurduvadi Workshop was set up for repair of narrow-gauge steam locomotives, coaches and wagons by Barsi Light Railway in 1930. With the reduction in narrow-gauge rolling stock, the Workshop has taken up new activities as per requirements. Kurduvadi Workshop now undertakes rehabilitation of 20 broad-gauge wagons per month.[8]
Kurduvadi had a narrow-gauge diesel-loco shed for Barsi Light Railway. The shed was closed down after conversion of the narrow-gauge railway.[9]
Electrification
The Pune–Solapur–Wadi line is being electrified with a loan of Rs. 1,500 crore from Asian Development Bank. Work was initiated in 2012.[10][11]
Track doubling
The railway track in the Daund–Wadi sector is being doubled at a cost of Rs. 700 crore.[12] The railway track in the Kurduwadi–Latur Road sector will be doubled at a cost of Rs. 700 crore.
References
- ↑ IR History: Early Days – I : Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832–1865). IRFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ IR History: Early Days – II, Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899). IRFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ Sholapur District Gazetteer. Gazetteer department. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Barsi Light Railway. fibis. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ IR History Part III (1900-1947). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Miraj–Kurduwadi–Latur G.C. Work. IRICEN, Pune. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Kurduvadi to Tirupati trains. Make My Trip. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ↑ Mechanical Department – Kurduwadi Workshop. Central Railway. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Sheds and Workshops. IRFCA. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Asian Development Bank to fund Pune–Daund–Wadi rail line electrification. dna, 20 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Electrification of Pune–Daund to start today(14 December 2012). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Doubling of track:Faster rail services by 2016(4 November 2011). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
External links
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