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{{Short description|Train station in Karnataka, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Raichur Junction
| native_name =
| symbol =
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style =
| image = Raichur Junction Railway Station Board.JPG
| image_caption = Raichur Junction Railway station Board
| address = Azad Nagar, [[Raichur, Karnataka]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|16.1935|N|77.3394|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|406|m|ft}}
| line = [[Solapur–Guntakal section|Solapur-Guntakal Section]] <br> Gadwal–Raichur line <br> [[Mahabubnagar–Munirabad railway line|Mahabubnagar-Munirabad line]]
| other = Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Tirupati, Hyderabad, Pune, Solapur, Mysore, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Vasco da Gama, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Rajkot, Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Hubbli, Belagavi, Kalaburgi, Jammu Tawi, Hassan
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 3
| tracks = 5
| entrances = 2
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| opened = 1871
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = RC
| zone = [[South Central Railway zone]]
| division = Guntakal
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Karnataka#India
| map_dot_label = Raichur Junction
| map_caption = Location in [[Karnataka]]##Location in India
}}

'''Raichur Junction railway station''', also known as '''Raichuru Junction railway station''' (station code:'''RC'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Distances in kilometers between stations on the Guntakal Jn.–Raichur section |url=http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_scr.pdf |website=Indian Railways |access-date=1 May 2019 |page=88 |format=PDF |date=12 September 2009 |archive-date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414150809/http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_scr.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>), is located in [[Raichur district]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]] and serves [[Raichur]] and the surrounding industrially efflorescent area. The station has three platforms.

== History ==
Raichur was the meeting point of two great railway systems of yesteryears – the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] and [[Madras Railway]]. While the former started construction from Mumbai, the latter from Chennai. The two systems met at Raichur in 1871.<ref name="IR History: Early Days – II">{{cite web | url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html | title = IR History: Early Days – II | last = Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date= 3 December 2013}}</ref><ref>John Hurd, Ian J. Kerr, ''India's Railway History: A Research Handbook'', page 177</ref>

The 58 km long Raichur–Gadwal railway track was opened in 2013. Gadwal is on the Dhone–Kacheguda line.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Gadwal-Raichur-rail-line-opening-today/2013/10/12/article1832403.ece | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131023133818/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Gadwal-Raichur-rail-line-opening-today/2013/10/12/article1832403.ece | url-status =dead | archive-date =23 October 2013 |title = Gadwal-Raichur rail line opening| work= The New Indian Express|date=12 October 2013 | access-date = 9 December 2013 }}</ref>

It is the fourth busiest railway station in Karnataka after Bangalore City Junction, Yesvantpur Junction and Hubbali Junction.

New line is constructing from Ginegera (Koppala district) to Mahaboob Nagar via Gangavathi, Sindhanoor, Manvi and Raichur.
First phase Ginigera to Raichur estimated to complete in 2022. Completion of this line will make Raichur a large junction with access to Goa, coastal central and southern Karnataka. The distance between Hyderabad and Mangalore will reduce drastically.

== Classification ==
Raichur is classified as an ''A–category'' station in the Guntakal railway division.<ref name="categories">{{cite web|title=Category of Stations over Guntakal Division|url=http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,353,1280,1349|website=South Central Railway zone|publisher=Portal of Indian Railways|access-date=22 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315232254/http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C291%2C353%2C1280%2C1349|archive-date=15 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Electrification ==
Electrification work in the 641 km Pune–Wadi–Guntakal sector have been completed from Guntakal Junction to Kalaburgi Junction (GULBARGA) and other part of the project getting electrified.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.core.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,302,532 |title = Brief on Railway Electrification |work=Electrification Work in Progress | publisher= Central Organisation for Railway Electrification | access-date = 9 December 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Raichur railway station}}
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/raichur-junction-rc/144 Trains at Raichur]
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system=Indian Railways|line=South Central Railway zone|left=Yermaras|right=Marichethal|type=[[Solapur–Guntakal section]]}}

{{Railway stations in Karnataka}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1871]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Raichur district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Guntakal railway division]]
[[Category:Raichur]]

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