[1][2] Construction of the Kalaburagi–Bidar 110 km link has got completed and inaugurated by Prime minister Narendra Modi on 29 October 2017.

[5] Indian Railways also has plans for extending the railway line from Kalaburagi to Latur via Aland, Umarga, Ausa to Latur which in turn will pave way for Gulbarga to have direct connectivity to Aurangabad, Latur, Nanded, Akola, Nagpur many other cities of Maharashtra which are located in neighbouring state of Maharashtra.

There are also consideration to add new line from Kalaburagi to Vijaypura via Jewargi.

As of December 2017, the Wadi to Kalaburagi section has been completed and charged with 25 kV AC.

[6] Kalaburagi railway station has a computerized reservation counter, public call office with subscribers’ trunk dialing facilities, waiting room, retiring rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment stalls, light refreshment stall, tea stall, book stall, escalators on platforms 1 and 2–3 and 2 general and platform ticket counters opposite railway station entrance for passenger convenience.