Latur railway station


Latur is an A-Category railway station in Central Railway Zone which serves the city of Latur, Maharashtra. It is the start of the Latur–Miraj section of the Solapur Division of Central Railway. Latur is well connected to Latur Road junction railway station, Parli Vaijnath, Purna, Hingoli, Washim, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Nagpur, Nanded, Nizamabad, Osmanabad, Pune, Lonavla, Karjat, Panvel, Thane, Kalyan, Mumbai, Pandharpur, Miraj,
Kolhapur, Udgir, Bidar, Vikarabad, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore.

Latur Metro Coach factory

Indian Railways decided to set up a metro and rail coach manufacturing facility in Latur in Maharashtra. The project is likely it entail investment ofmore than Rs 1,500 crore.
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and railway minister Piyush Goyal approved setting up a rail coach factory in Latur, The facility will cater to the demands of metro coaches in cities across India along with the captive demand from coming from Indian Railways.

Express trains

The railway station comes under the Solapur railway division of Central Railway zone.

History

In the past during Nizam's period, Latur railway was a Narrow-gauge but in 2007 work started to convert it to a Broad gauge in barsi light railway. In 2008, the entire Miraj Latur line was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge.

Jaldoot Express

For the first time in Maharashtra history, due to the drought the Latur city faced for three consecutive years, the summer of 2016 presented itself with extreme scarcity of water. To overcome this issue, a joint project was then requested by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. After further research, and many changes in plan, Miraj was chosen to transport water to Latur from 342 km away. The "Jaldoot" train made its first experimental run on 11 April 2016, carrying 10 tanker wagons, each filled with 50,000 liters of water. Over 250,000 liters of water were transported, and the program was and continues to be a success.

Electrification

The Kurduwadi-Latur-Latur Road line will be electrified as per union railway budget 2014–15.

Line and location

The railway track in the Kurduwadi-Latur Road sector will be doubled at a cost of Rs. 700 crore.
Indian Railways also has plans for extending the railway line from Latur Road to Bodhan which in turn will pave way for Latur to have direct connectivity to Nizamabad, Warangal, Vishakapatnam, Adilabad many other cities of Telangana which are located in neighbouring state of Telangana.

Other stations in Latur

The other stations that serve the city of Latur are