GENERAL HISTORY AND SALIENT FEATURES OF SOLAPUR DIVISION A. GENERAL HISTORY 1. Territorial Jurisdiction: PERIOD: Prior to 1953 (Fig in kms) SECTION DISTANCE Gauge Railway (Kms) PUNE-GANGAPUR ROAD 349.73 BG Great Indian Peninsular (GIP) DD-MMR 236.61 BG Great Indian Peninsular (GIP) GANGAPUR ROAD-WADI 63.30 BG Nizam State Railway MRJ-KWV 189.19 NG Barshi 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 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 2016 SOLAPUR Central Railway Doubling Hotgi-Tilati 2017 SOLAPUR Central Railway Doubling Mohol-Wakav and Tilati-Akkalkot and connectivity between Ahmadnagar-Narayandoh. 2. (A) Progress of Doubling (i) Completed Works Section Distance (in KMs) Year of Completion SHAHBAD-WADI 10.30 1970 SHAHBAD-GULBARGA 26.33 1989 SOLAPUR-HOTGI 15.07 1999 DAUND-BHIGVAN 27.68 2002 PAKNI-SOLAPUR 16.28 2007 MOHOL-PAKNI 17.00 2008 HOTGI-TILATI 6.45 March2016 MOHOL-WAKAV 22.59 Feb 2017 TILATI-AKKALKOT 13.88 April 2017 Doubling/Electrification works in progress executing by RVNL. (B) Progress of Gauge Conversion Work Year of Sanction Section (in Kms) Year of Completion 1. LTRR-LUR 2003 (33 kms) Gauge conversion 2. LUR-UMD 2007 of Latur-Miraj 1994-95 (80kms) section (374 Kms) 3. UMD-KWV July-2008 (72 Kms) 4. KWV-PVR 2001 (52 Kms) July -2010 5. PVR-MRJ (For goods) (135 kms) Feb-2011 (For All) B. SALIENT FEATURES GENERAL: 1.Route Length (Kms) : 955.42 Kms S/L : 800.01 Kms 83.73% D/L : 155.41 Kms 16.27% 2.Total Number of Stations : 104 B Class : 76 (3 lever frames) Special Class: 01 Halt :12 3. Civil District Headquarters within the division: Karnataka: Gulbarga Maharashtra: Solapur,Pune,Ahmednagar,Nashik,Latur,Usmanabad,Sangli 4.System of Working: Absoulte Block working system over the division. 5.States Covered : Maharashtra State : 91.26% Karnataka : 08.74% 3. Freight Operations: 3.1 IMPORTANT Loading & Unloading Stations: Stations where commodities (indicated) are accepted for loading /booked for unloading: Commodities Loading Stations Cement, Wadi,Hotgi,Gulbarga,Shahbad Clinker DOC Solapur,Latur Onion Yeola,Kopergaon,Rahuri Sugar Belapur,Rahuri,Ahmednagar,Kopergaon,Bhigvan, Kurduwadi, Solapur,Gulbarga,Latur,PAndharpur,Kavethemahankal Iron-ore Wadi Commodities Unloading Stations Cement Solapur,Ahmednagar,Bhigvan,Belapur,Gulbarga Fertilizer Gulbarga,Solapur,Kurduwadi,Bhigvan,Ahmednagar, Belapur,Kopergaon Coal Wadi,Bhigvan Military Ahmednagar,Vilad traffic Food grain Gulabrga,Solapur,Ahmednagar,Belapur,Kurduwadi,Latur POL Wadi,Hirenanduru,Pakni,Akolner Clinker Hotgi 3.2 Important Goods Shed Yeola,Kopergaon,Rahuri,Belapur,Ahmednagar,Bhigvan,Kurduwa di,Solapur,Gulbarga,Wadi,Latur,Usmanabad & Pandharpur. 3.3 Foreign Rly & Local Interchange Points of SUR Division Foreign Interchange Points Avg. trains/day T/O H/O 1. Wadi 1.SC Rly(GTL) 2.23 4.24 2.SC Rly (SC) 7.20 3.25 3.SC Rly (NED) 2.61 3.02 2 Hotgi SW Rly (UBL 1.53 0.93 Division) Local Interchange Points 1. DD-PUNE division 11.55 12.49 2. ANK-BSL division 4.60 6.14 3. Miraj-Pune division 1.46 1.11 3.4 Major Sidings: SN Name of Siding Commodity dealt 1 UltraTech Cement Hotgi Cement 2 ACC Siding Wadi Cement 3 Tilati Siding Tilati Cement 4 IOC Akolner POL 5 IOC Pakni POL 6 IOC Hirenanduru POL 7 Military Siding Ahmednagar Military Goods 3.5 Freight Examination Depots : Daund, Wadi 3.6 Fueling Points: Daund, Kurduwadi & Wadi 4. Coaching Operations Section Mail/Express Passenger Daily Non-daily Daily Non-daily DD-SUR 17 31 2 2 SUR-WADI 15 20 6 - DD-MMR 6 31 4 - KWV-MRJ/PVR 3 2 3 1 KWV-LUR-LTRR 1 6 2 - SUR-HG/GDG 4 5 6 1 Operating Statistics Items 2016-17 Originating Loading ( 8wu/day ) Cement 138.00 Clinker 56.00 Total 194.00 Others 44.00 Total 238.00 Million tonnes Cement 3.312 Clinker 1.376 Total 4.688 Others 0.917 Total 5.605 Punctuality M/Exp. 92.21 Pass. 84.04 Asset Utilisation Engine Utilisation DSL LOCO 374.00 Electric Loco 322.00 Wagon Utilisation a) Wagon Kms/Wagon Day in Use 286.32 b) Wagon Turn round (In days) 1.50 c) l.Divisional Wagon Balance (Railway) 1974 d) Net Tonn Kilometers (Wagon days) 12854 e) % of Distt. Wagons unloaded to total available 98.05.