World's longest railway platform being built in Karnataka's Hubballi
News Network
December 30, 2020
Hubballi, Dec 30: The proposed 1500-metre plus world’s longest platform of Indian Railways, being re-modelled now at the Hubballi Station of the Hubballi Division of the South Western Railways (SWR) will be inaugurated in march next year, according to E Vijaya, Deputy General Manager and Chief Public Relation officer of the SWR.
In an exclusive interview to UNI, Mrs. Vijaya said that increasing the length of the platform is part of a Rs 80 Lakh project which includes yard re-modelling, tracks, signalling and electrical works and also the third entry to the station, which has been recently renamed after the famous Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Railway Station. The Swamiji who died in 1929 was considered as the reincarnation of Lord Shiva.