Gulbarga railway station

Gulbarga railway station is located in Gulbarga district in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves Gulbarga. The town is now known as Kalaburagi. It is identified as one of the A1 category Station in 2015.HistoryThe Great Indian Peninsula Railway extended its Mumbai-Solapur line to Raichur in 1871 and worked on that line from 1865.Construction of the Gulbarga-Bidar link is progressing. It is expected to be operational by the end of 2017.The railway track in the Daund-Wadi sector is being doubled at a cost of Rs. 700 crore.Line and LocationIndian Railways also has plans for extending the railway line from Gulbarga to Latur via Aland, Umarga, Ausa to Latur which in turn will pave way for Gulbarga to have direct connectivity to Aurangabad, Latur, Nanded, Akola, Nagpur many other cities of Maharashtra which are located in neighbouring state of Maharashtra.Electrification, electrification work in the 641 km Pune-Wadi-Guntakal sector have been initiated but is yet to get going.AmenitiesGulbarga railway station has a computerized reservation counter, public call office with subscribers’ trunk dialing facilities, waiting room, retiring rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment stalls, light refreshment stall, tea stall, book stall, escalators on platforms 1 and 2-3 and 2 general and platform ticket counters opposite railway station entrance for passenger convenience.Station upgradesGulbarga railway station is remodeled with the addition of a fourth platform, extension of the existing platforms and installation of two escalators. Addition of a dormitory and the addition of a new railway overbridge are yet to be completed. A new entrance facing the Tarafail area has also been constructed.