The story of the abandoned NG Terminus of Latur

Date: 2012-01-01
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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Main reason for visiting LUR NG terminus

This Marathi Newspaper article provided the history of the entire Latur area, its industries and most important of all the detailed report of the events that took place on the last day when the last train departed from this very station & the section

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The station showing its locked up offices & with its small now defunct Electric Generator Room as seen from the Circular Market end, the taps at the drinking water basin still to my surprise had running water. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

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A closer look at the station building, if observed the wall that separated the railway premises and the road leading to the circular market took a 90 degrees right turn just prior to the buildings seen on right side, with a small gate that could be opened

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The entire view of the surrounding area, due to the ongoing case in between the Maharashtra state Government and the Central Government this building is still existent, the first step after the case is solved is that this station building will be demolish

LP & ALP Rest Lobby

The way leading to the LP, ALP and guards restroom, the information board was very faint, but still in readable form, also seen is the old wall which separates the station premises and the road leading to an old market, its said that a freight line went t

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The carriage Foreman’s office, boys living nearby enjoy a cup of hot ginger tea and playing carom below the shelter of the office on a Rainy afternoon. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

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The board indicating the Carriage Forman’s office. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

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An unknown structure to the left hand side of the tank, suggestions welcome as to what was it used for. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

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The water storage tank. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

Interiors of Freight Godown

The interiors of the freight godown (now a reservation counter). This Reservation counter is a boon for the people of Latur as the new BG station is far away from the city, so many people prefer to buy their tickets here itself. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

Unknown Window outside NG Terminus

An unknown window just to the left of the main NG Terminus entrance, comments welcome as to what was it used for. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

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Pit lines used for maintenance purposes, there were 4 freight godowns to the right side & adjacent to this line, the super speciality Government Hospital building of Latur was constructed after the freight godowns were demolished, sources say these go

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The view of the main station and the platform taken from the Kurduwadi Jn. End, the station board is still clearly visible. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

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A closer look at the tank reveals its makers i.e. Richardson and Cruddas of Bombay and its water storage capacity. (Kaushik Dharwadkar)

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An unknown lever used to switch points (Corrections welcome), there is a similar lever at the Kurduwadi Jn end. This lever must have been used for Locomotive reversal for the train arrived from Kurduwadi Jn, Latur Station also had a NG line (Only for frei

Comments
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great coverage of abandoned latur station. Excellent album
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2012 Jan 16 02:45:36 +0000
Excellent album. Kudos to your efforts
Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2012 Jan 14 03:07:20 +0000
thanks a lot for this album team..really enjoyed watching the entire set.
Posted by Deepak Murali on 2012 Jan 11 15:43:40 +0000