Wadi Junction railway station

Railway station in Karnataka, India

17°03′09″N 76°59′31″E / 17.0524°N 76.9919°E / 17.0524; 76.9919Elevation428.00 metres (1,404.20 ft)Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian RailwaysLine(s)Solapur–Guntakal section
Mahabubnagar-Munirabad railway line
Gadag-Wadi railway linePlatforms4Tracks4ConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)Other informationStatusFunctioningStation codeWADI Zone(s) Central Railways Division(s) SolapurHistoryElectrifiedYes

Wadi Junction railway station (station code: WADI) is located in Kalaburagi district in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves Wadi. It is a junction station where the Wadi–Secunderabad line meets the Mumbai–Chennai line. Wadi has 4 platforms.

History

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway extended its Mumbai–Solapur line to Raichur in 1871.^[1]^[2]

The Wadi–Secunderabad line was built in 1874 with financing by the Nizam of Hyderabad. It later became part of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway.^[1]

Electrification

Electrification work is in progress in the Pune–Wadi–Guntakal sector.^[3] In Pune–Wadi–Guntakal sector from Bhigwan to wadi Jn. electrification is balance, from guntakal to Wadi Jn electrification is complete and traction change from diesel to electric and vice versa started occurring at wadi junction from 5 aug 2017 for konark & visakhapatnam LTT express. soon other train will also run with electric loco in coming time.

References

^ ^a ^b Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899). "IR History: Early Days – II". IFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Sholapur District Gazetteer". Gazetteer department. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ "Brief on Railway Electrification". Electrification Work in Progress. Central Organisation for Railway Electrification. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

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Trains at Wadi

Railway stations in Karnataka

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Secunderabad	Bidar Chittapur Humnabad Seram/Sedam
Guntakal	Raichur Yadgir

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Palakkad	Mangalore Central Mangalore Junction

CRTooltip Central Railway zone

Solapur	Kalaburagi Junction Shahabad Wadi Junction

KRTooltip Konkan Railway zone

Karwar	Ankola Asnoti Barkur Bhatkal Bijoor Mookambika Road Byndoor Chitrapur Gokarna Road Harwada Honnavar Innanje Karwar Kumta Kundapura Manki Mulki Murudeshwar Nandikoor Padubidri Senapura Shiroor Surathkal Thokur Udupi

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Operational	■ Whitefield (Kadugodi) Challaghatta ■ Nagasandra Silk Institute
Under Construction	■ Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road Bommasandra ■ Nagawara Kalena Agrahara ■ Central Silk Board KIAL Terminals
Proposed	■ JP Nagar 4th Phase Kempapura ■ Hosahalli Kadabagere ■ Hebbala Sarjapura