Shahabad railway station

Shahabad railway station
Shahabad railway station
	Indian Railways Station
Location	Shahabad, Gulbarga, Karnataka; India
Coordinates	17.0524°N 76.9919°E
Elevation	428.00 metres (1,404.20 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Solapur-Guntakal section
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SDB
Zone(s)	Central Railways
Division(s)	Solapur
Electrified	Yes

Shahabad railway station (Station code: SDB) is located in Kalaburagi district in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves

Shahabad, Gulbarga. It is a station where the Wadi-Secunderabad line meets the Mumbai-Chennai line. Shahabad has 3 platforms.[1]

History

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway extended its Mumbai-Solapur line to Raichur in 1871.[2][3] The Wadi-Secunderabad line was built in 1874 with financing by the Nizam of Hyderabad. It later became part of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway.[2]

Electrification work is in progress in the Pune-Wadi-Guntakal sector.[4] In Pune-Wadi-Guntakal sector from Bhigwan to wadi Jn.

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"Gulbarga-Hyderabad Inter-city Express resumes service". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870-1899). "IR History: Early Days – II". IFCA. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"Sholapur District Gazetteer". Gazetteer department. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
"Brief on Railway Electrification". Electrification Work in Progress. Central Organisation for Railway Electrification. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

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