In 1881, the Bombay Eastern Deccan Railway was under construction with William Michell the Engineer-in-Charge.

This line immediately upon opening became the Bijapur branch of the Southern Mahratta Railway.

By 1890, this line extended from Londa eastwards via Guntakal to Bezwada, and northwards to Poona, via Belgavi & Miraj turning the SMR from an assortment of branches to a real railway network.

In 1908, the SMR merged with the Madras Railway (MR) to form the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (M&SMR) [1] Preliminary Engg-cum Traffic Survey for a new line between Belagavi–Sawantwadi (114.6 km [71.2 mi]).

This article about a railway station in the Indian state of Karnataka is a stub.