GENERAL HISTORY AND SALIENT FEATURES OF DIVISION A. GENERAL HISTORY 1. Territorial Jurisdiction:

PERIOD: Prior to 1953 (Fig. in Kms.) DISTANCE SECTION GAUGE RAILWAY (KMs) Great Indian Peninsular – GANGAPUR ROAD 349.73 BG (GIP) Great Indian Peninsular DD- MMR 236.61 BG (GIP) GANGAPUR ROAD- WADI 63.30 BG Nizam State Railway MRJ- KWV 189.19 NG Light Railway (BLR) KWV- LUR 136.72 NG Barshi Light Railway (BLR) DD-BARAMATI 43.70 NG Private

PERIOD: After 1953 YEAR DIVISION ZONE SECTION 1953 SOLAPUR Central Railway PUNE – RC () DD – MMR (MANMAD) 1954 SOLAPUR Central Railway Section added KWV - LUR (NG) KWV -MRJ (NG) DD - BRMT (NG) 1966 SOLAPUR South Central Section deleted Railway PA-DD DD-MMR DD - BRMT (NG) 1967 SOLAPUR South Central Section added Railway DD - PUNE 1977 SOLAPUR Central Railway Section added DD-MMR Section deleted WD-RC 1978 SOLAPUR Central Railway Section added MR -WADI 2003 SOLAPUR Central Railway Section added LUR-LURR Conversion to BG KWV-PVR 2004 SOLAPUR Central Railway Section deleted ANK-MMR (Excl.) 2007 SOLAPUR Central Railway Conversion to BG LUR-UMD Doubling SUR-PK 2008 SOLAPUR Central Railway Doubling PK-MO 2. (A) Progress of Doubling:

(i) Completed Works

Distance YEAR of SECTION (in KMs) Completion

SHAHABAD -WADI 10.30 1970

SHAHABAD- 26.33 1989

SOLAPUR - 15.07 1999

DAUND - BHIGVAN 27.68 2002

PAKNI - SOLAPUR 16.28 2007

MOHOL - PAKNI 17.00 2008

Doubling / Electrification works in progress (initial stage) executing by RVNL.

(B) Progress of Gauge Conversion:

Year of YEAR of Work Section (in KMs) Sanction Completion

1. Road to Latur 2003 (33 kms)

2. Latur – 2007 (80 kms) Gauge conversion of 3. Osmanabad – July 08 Kurduwadi Latur – 1994-95 (72 kms) section 2001 (374 Km) 4. Kurduwadi- (52 Kms) 17/07/10 For goods 5. Pandharpur – Miraj 21/02/11 (135 Kms) For all B. SALIENT FEATURES (updated till Mar’11) GENERAL:

1. Route length (KMs) : 950.50 KMs S/ L : KMs D/ L : KMs 2. Total Number of Stations : 104 B Class : 76 (3 lever frame) Special Class : 01 Halt : 27 3. Civil District Headquarters within the division: : Gulbarga : Solapur, Pune, , Nasik, Latur & Osmanabad. 4. System of working: Absolute Block working system over the division.

5. States covered : Maharashtra : 91.26 % Karnataka : 08.74 %

6. Freight Operations:

6.1 Important Loading & Unloading Stations- Stations where commodities (indicated) are accepted for loading/ booked for unloading: Commodities Loading Stations Cement, Clinker Wadi, Hotgi, Gulbarga, Shahabad DOC Solapur, Latur Onion Yeola, Kopargaon, Rahuri Belapur, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Kopargaon, , Sugar Kurduwadi, Solapur, Gulbarga, Latur, Pandharpur

Iron-ore Wadi

Commodities Unloading Stations Cement Solapur, Ahmednagar, Bhigwan, Belapur, Gulbarga Gulbarga, Solapur, Kurduwadi, Bhigwan, Ahmednagar, Fertilizer Belapur, Kopargaon Coal Wadi, Bhigwan Military traffic Ahmednagar, Vilad Food grain Gulbarga, Solapur, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Kurduwadi, Latur POL Wadi, Hirenanduru, Pakni, Akolner Clinker Hotgi 6.2 Important Goods Sheds (14): Yeola, Kopargaon, Rahuri, Belapur, Ahmednagar, Bhigwan, Kurduwadi, Solapur, Gulbarga, Wadi, Latur, Usmanbad & Pandharpur 6.3 Foreign Rly & Local Interchange Points of SUR Division:

Avg. trains/day Foreign Interchange Points (updated Feb’11) T/O H/O 1. WADI– (1) S.C.Rly (GTL) 2.53 (2) S.C.Rly (SC) 6.63 4.27 (3) S.C.Rly (NED) 0.27 0.80 2. HOTGI – S.W.Rly (UBL division) 1.50 0.87 Avg. trains/day Local Interchange Points T/O H/O 1. DD – 8.14 7.94 2. ANK- BSL division 3.37 5.30 6.4 Major Sidings:

S.No. Name of Siding Commodity dealt 1 Birla Super Siding, Hotgi Cement 2 ACC Siding Wadi Cement 3 Zawar Siding Shahabad Cement(*) 4 IOC Akolner POL 5 IOC Pakni POL 6 IOC Hirenanduru POL 7 Military Siding Ahmednagar Military Goods (*) Started in 2007.

6.5 Freight Examination Depots: BG: Daund, Wadi

6.6 Fueling Points: Daund, Kurduwadi & Wadi

7.0 Coaching Operations:

7.1 Coaching Traffic: (updated Mar’11)

MAIL / EXPRESS PASSENGER SECTION Daily Non-daily Daily Non-daily DD – SUR 14 pair 10 pair 02 pair 02 pair SUR – WADI 13 pair 13 pair 06 pair - DD – MMR 06 pair 19 pair 04 pair - KWV-MRJ 01 Pair - 02 pair - KWV-LTRR 01 pair 01 pair 01 pair 01 pair SUR-HG-BGK/GDG 02 pair 01 pair 05 pair 01 pair 7.2 By pass corridor for North South Route: Between Sulali Station of Secunderabad division to Nalwar Station of Guntkal division of SC Rly by passes Wadi Station of Solapur Division.

7.3 Freight Traffic: (Apr’10-Feb’11)

Avg. Goods Section Train run / day DD – SUR 09.73 pair SUR – WADI 11.20 pair DD – MMR 05.28 pair KWV-MRJ 01.50 Pair KWV-LTRR 01.50 pair

IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS & TOURIST SPOTS:

PLACES RELIGIOUS/ TOURIST Nearest rail head Shirdi Shri Saibaba Temple Sai Nagar Shirdi Shani Sai Nagar Shirdi & Shri Shaneshwar Temple Shingnapur Kopargaon Mehar Baba Shrine Chand Bibi’s Fort Tank Museum Ahmednagar Ahmednagar Aurangzeb Tomb Prison of National Freedom Movement Leaders Daund Shri Siddhatek Temple Daund Pandharpur Lord Pandharpur Ramling Lord Mahadeo Temple Usmanabad (Yedshi) Sidheshwar Temple Solapur Solapur Fort built by Bahamani Sultan Tuljabhavani Temple Solapur Maharaj Akkalkot Road Gangapur Shri Dattatreya Temple Gangapur Road Khawaja BandeNawaz Tomb Gulbarga Sharana Basaveshwar Temple Gulbarga Bahamani Fort Gol Gumbauj, Historical places of Bijapur (93 KMs from Solapur) Bahamani/ Adil Shahi Kingdom

D. IMPORTANT FAIRS OF SOLAPUR DIVISION:

PLACES FAIRS FAIR PERIOD Shirdi Ramnavami & Dasara fairs. April & October Belapur Ramnavami & Urs. April Ahmednagar Mehar Baba fair. Jan- Feb June, Oct-Nov, Pandharpur Ashadhi, Kartiki, Maghi & Chaitra. Jan-Feb & Mar-Apr Solapur Makar Sankrant (Gaddha) fair Jan- Jan Tuljapur Navaratri fair October Datta Jayanti & Guru Pratipada Gangapur December fair Khawaja Bande Nawaz Urs & Gulbarga Dec & March Shri Sharan Basaveshwar fair UPDATED MAR’2011