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Hubballi Junction, officially Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi Junction, or simply Hubli Junction (Station code: UBL), is a railway junction station under Hubballi railway division of South Western Railway zone (SWR) of Indian Railways situated in Hubli, Karnataka, India. The platform number 1 of Hubli Junction has a length of 1,507 metres, making it the longest railway platform in the world Шаблон:As of.[1]

SSS Hubballi Junction Railway Station has three entrances to get into station. One is the main entrance, the other in front of Central Railway Hospital of Gadag road, and the third one few metres ahead of main entrance i.e near yard. The station has an interesting platform bifurcation. It has total 8 platforms, five of them are alike other stations i.e one beside the other, and the other three in the next entry. The longest platform is divided into two parts, it has platform no 1 and 8 on same platform.

Description

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Hubli Junction station during redevelopment

Hubli Junction is center place for transportation of public and commercial in Karnataka by connecting northwest to Mumbai (Шаблон:Convert), west to Goa (Шаблон:Convert), South to Bengaluru (Шаблон:Convert) and east to Hyderabad (Шаблон:Convert) with heavy mass transportation.

It is the busiest railway station in Karnataka after Bengaluru City. The Hubli division situated in Hubli city connects Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa and more.Шаблон:Citation needed

Commercial goods such as manganese are the main source of income, with public transport being secondary. Currently, Hubli Junction is undergoing remodeling work on platform number 1.

The Hubballi Junction (under Hubballi Division) has Goods Shed, Diesel Loco Shed, Carriage Repair Workshop, Train Yard, and many more of Railways. The station was opened in the late 19th century i.e 1886-87 by the British Company; currently is one of the oldest railway stations in the state. It was an important station for both passengers as well as goods from the old era itself. It has major importance in the South Western Railway jurisdiction. It has connection to almost every part of India, Bengaluru, Chennai, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, New Delhi, Varanasi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Madgaon-Vasco-Goa and many more. The station is the second busiest in the zone after Bengaluru.

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An old picture of Hubli Railway Station

Lines

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway opened the Шаблон:Convert Hubli–Harihar rail line on 18 October 1886. And Hubli–Londa, Hospet–Hubli and Chikjajur–Hubli (part of Шаблон:Convert Bangalore–Hubli) rail lines were converted during 1995.[2]

Diesel Loco Shed

Diesel Loco Shed, Hubli which is under South Western Railways (SWR), currently homes EMD locomotives of Class WDP-4, WDP-4D, WDG-4, WDG-4D and class WAG-9HC electric locomotives.

SN Locomotives HP Quantity
1. WDG-4/4D 4000/4500 201
2. WDP-4/4B/4D 4000/4500 31
3. WAG-9HC 6120 44
Total Locomotives Active as of December 2023 276

References

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External links

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