Bijapur railway station

Vijayapur railway station (Station code: BJP) is an "A" Category ISO 14001- 2015 (Environmental Management System) certified Station on (10.02.2020) [2] under South Western Railway located in Vijayapura district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Bijapur Railway Station
Regional rail and Light rail station
LocationStation Road, Bijapur
India
Coordinates16°49′50″N 75°44′22″E
Elevation597 metres (1,959 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth Western Railway zone
Line(s)Solapur-Gadag branch line
Platforms3
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusDouble Rail Track Electrification Construction
Station codeBJP
Division(s) Hubli railway division
History
Opened1884 (1884)
ElectrifiedNo(In pipeline for Gadag-Hotgi Section Electrification Project[1]
Location
Bijapur railway station
Location in Karnataka

History

The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge Gadag-Hotgi section was opened in 1884 and the Hotgi-Sholapur section in 1887 by the Southern Mahratta Railway.[3][4] The line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 2008.[5] In 1881 the Bombay Eastern Deccan Railway was under construction with William Michell the Engineer-in-Charge. This line immediately upon opening became the Bijapur Branch of the Southern Mahratta Railway. [1]

The Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR) was founded in 1882 to construct a metre gauge (MG) railway between Hotgi and Gadag (opened to traffic in 1884), one of the "famine lines" set up with a guarantee. In the same year (1882), it was contracted by the Indian State of Mysore to work the several metre gauge lines that the Mysore State had built or was in the course of construction.

In 1888, a line was extended from Londa towards the Portuguese colony of Goa where it connected with the Marmagao line at Castle Rock. (From 1902 this line was leased as the West of India Portuguese Railway.) By 1890, this line extended from Londa eastwards via Guntakal to Bezwada, and northwards to Poona, turning the SMR from an assortment of branches to a real railway network.

In 1908, the SMR merged with the Madras Railway to form the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway [6]

Developments

Gadag-Hotgi Rail Doubling is sanctioned in the year 2014-15 Doubling for part length of this project, i.e. from Hotgi-Kudgi (134 km) is taken up under Customer Funding Model. For this purpose NTPC have deposited Rs.946 cr. with Railway. New Crossing station @ Kudgi with 4 lines for giving connectivity to NTPC was commissioned on 29.01.2017. Work is in progress in the section between Minchinal-Lachyan (42.5 km) is targeted for commissioning during 2017-18.Tenders valued @ Rs 14 crores have been called for redevelopment of the station. Gadag-Hotgi Section is also sanctioned for Electrification and tenders are floated for the same. [7] [8]

M/s Kalpataru PowerTransmission Ltd, Gandhinagar has been awarded for electrification of Hotgi to Gadag.[9]

Future

Karnataka state government had proposed eleven new railway projects in the state. The Bijapur-Shahabad new line project was one of these proposed new lines to be constructed on a public-private partnership basis.[10] The Railway Board had proposed to undertake the Bijapur-Shahabad project along with other projects on PPP mode in 2010-11. As the project was meant to initiate and expedite development of the area, the state government will be providing the land required for the projects free of cost, apart from partial funding. The Railway Board entrusted this and other similar projects to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, a special purpose vehicle established by the railways for undertaking projects on PPP mode. However, as the private sector has not evinced any interest in such projects and because of shortage of funds for new projects the Railway Board has asked the state government to fund the project.[11]

References
  1. http://tender247.com/TenderDetails/19944357
  2. https://swr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3457&did=15814150616517D7F0494ACD750DCCD5D57C3B29A5C59
  3. "Sholapur District Gazetteer". Gazetteer department. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870-1899). "IR History: Early Days – II". IFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. "Work completed on Gadag-Bagalkot gauge conversion". News on Projects.com, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR)
  7. http://tender247.com/TenderDetails/19944357
  8. GADAG-HOTGI DOUBLING
  9. https://core.indianrailways.gov.in/core/award/1563182453654_monthly%20Vig.Position%20june-19%20(1).pdf
  10. "Karnataka urges Railway Ministry to sanction 11 new projects". The Hindu Business Line, 24 February 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  11. "Fund crunch hits railway projects". The New Indian Express, 17 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Aliyabad
South Western Railway zone
Solapur-Gadag branch line
Ibrahimpur
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