Raichur railway station

Raichur Junction railway station, also known as Raichuru Junction railway station (station code:RC^[1]), is located in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves Raichur and the surrounding industrially efflorescent area. The station has three platforms.

Raichur Junction
Indian Railways junction station
Raichur Junction Railway station Board
General information
Location	Azad Nagar, Raichur, Karnataka India
Coordinates	16°11′37″N 77°20′22″E
Elevation	406 metres (1,332 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South Central Railway
Line(s)	Solapur-Guntakal Section Gadwal–Raichur line Mahabubnagar-Munirabad line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Tirupati, Hyderabad, Pune, Solapur, Mysore, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Vasco da Gama, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Rajkot, Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Hubbli, Belagavi, Kalaburgi, Jammu Tawi, Hassan
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	RC
Zone(s)	South Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Guntakal
History
Opened	1871
Electrified	Yes
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History

Raichur was the meeting point of two great railway systems of yesteryears – the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and Madras Railway. While the former started construction from Mumbai, the latter from Chennai. The two systems met at Raichur in 1871.^[2][3]

The 58 km long Raichur–Gadwal railway track was opened in 2013. Gadwal is on the Dhone–Kacheguda line.^[4]

It is the fourth busiest railway station in Karnataka after Bangalore City Junction, Yesvantpur Junction and Hubbali Junction.

New line is constructing from Ginegera (Koppala district) to Mahaboob Nagar via Gangavathi, Sindhanoor, Manvi and Raichur. First phase Ginigera to Raichur estimated to complete in 2022. Completion of this line will make Raichur a large junction with access to Goa, coastal central and southern Karnataka. The distance between Hyderabad and Mangalore will reduce drastically.

Classification

Raichur is classified as an A–category station in the Guntakal railway division.^[5]

Electrification

Electrification work in the 641 km Pune–Wadi–Guntakal sector have been completed from Guntakal Junction to Kalaburgi Junction (GULBARGA) and other part of the project getting electrified.^[6]