Latur railway station
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Latur
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Latur Railway Station
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| Location | Arwi, Latur | |
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |
| Line(s) |
Latur Road-Miraj line Nizamabad-Bodhan-Latur Road Gulbarga-Latur Road Nanded-Latur Road (under construction) |
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| Platforms | 5 | |
| Tracks | 8 | |
| Connections | Central Bus Station, Taxi Stand | |
| Construction | ||
| Structure type | Standard | |
| Parking | Available | |
| Bicycle facilities | Available | |
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| Station code | LUR | |
| Zone(s) | Central Railway zone | |
| Division(s) | Solapur | |
| Fare zone | Central Railway zone | |
| History | ||
| Opened | 1897 | |
| Rebuilt | 2007 | |
| Electrified | No | |
| Traffic | ||
| Passengers (Daily) | 25,000 (Approximately) | |
| Services | ||
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Latur ExpressSuper fast, passenger, Inter City Express.
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Latur (Station Code: LUR) is an A-Category railway station in Central Railway zone which serves the city of Latur, Maharashtra. located on the Latur road junction – Miraj junction section of Solapur (SLP) Division of Central Railway (CR). Latur is well connected to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmadabad, Gulbarga, Latur road, Mumbai, Lonavla, Nanded, Amravati, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Miraj, Nizamabad,.
The railway station comes under the Solapur railway division of Central Railway zone.
In the past, there railway was a Narrow-gauge but in 2007 work started to convert it to a Broad gauge. In 2008, the entire Miraj Latur line was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge.
For the first time in Maharashtra history, due to the draught the Latur city faced for three consecutive years, the summer of 2016 presented itself with extreme scarcity of water. To overcome this issue, a joint project was then requested by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. After further research, and many changes in plan, Miraj was chosen to transport water to Latur from 342 km away. The "Jaldoot" train made its first experimental run on 11 April 2016, carrying 10 tanker wagons, each filled with 50,000 liters of water. Over 250,000 liters of water were transported, and the program was and continues to be a success.
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