South Western Railway was created by amalgamating the re-organized Hubballi division from South Central Railway and Bangalore & Mysore divisions from Southern Railway. It has been operational from 1^st April 2003 having the headquarters at Hubballi in the state of Karnataka.

              Operating department is solely responsible for freight and passenger trains movements over Hubballi Division covering 1350.501 km. 

    Operating department is headed  by PCOM/SWR/UBL at Zonal level and Sr.DOM  at  Divisional level.The main function of operating department is co-coordinating between various departments to ensure smooth train operations round the clock with respect to controlling and directing 24 X 07 train facilities. This department plays a major role with regard to safety, economy and efficiency of all train operations          

    

 

         Hubballi division is having important tourist places,  Some of the important tourist destinations like Hampi ruins, Caves of Badami, Pattadakallu, Aihole, Goan Beaches come under the jurisdiction of Hubballi division of this Railway.

 

STATES SERVED As on 05.04.2022 :
SN	State	Route Kilometer	Running Kilometer	Districts Served
1	Karnataka	1140.091	1726.742	Belagavi
				Uttara Kannada
				Dharwada
				Haveri
				Gadag
				Bagalkote
				Vijaypura
				Koppala
				Ballari
2	Andhra Pradesh	103.68	103.68	Anantapur
3	Maharashtra	37.42	61.44	Solapur
				Sangli
4	Goa	69.31	84.071	South Goa
Total		1350.501	1975.933

 

SWR’s Hubballi Division held an interactive session for railway staff dealing with train operations on 27th September, 2017 at Railway Officers Club, Keshwapur, Hubballi.  The main theme of this session was to sensitise the staff involved in train operations so as to eliminate accidents caused by human errors and to boost safety culture in train operations. Various aspects of train operations and factors affecting safety were discussed with the staff. Some of the railway accidents in past were analysed and the staff were counselled on the reasons leading to such accidents.

During the course of the programme, interactions were between the staff comprising of station managers, points men, loco-pilots, guards, and section controllers. They were also informed about the new developments in field of safety and counselled on actions to be taken in case of untoward incidents. The approach of senior officers, who noted down grievances and suggestions from the field staff was appreciated by the audience.

Operating Branch is very much a passenger oriented Division. Hubli Railway Division has several stations. It runs  Express and Passenger train services daily. The division has been divided in to FIVE Control sections, which are continuously monitored by efficient controllers 

·Gadag Junction–Hotgi Junction section

·Bellary – Hubballi section

·Hubballi - Belgaum section

· Belgaum - Miraj section

·Bagalkot Junction – Kudachi section

·Bellary Junction – Rayadurga section

·Toranagallu Junction - Ranjitpura section  

·Ginigera Junction – Raichur Junction section

·Hospet Junction – Kottur section

·Vyas Colony Junction – Swamihalli section

·Gadag Junction – Wadi Junction section

·Gadag Junction – Karajgi section.

·Talkal Junction – Wadi section.

INTERCHANGE POINT WITH OTHER ZONES/DIVISION AS BELOW:

 

    The Hubballi division anchored in Hubballi city, connects Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Goa and more. Commercial appurtenances like Manganese are the capital antecedent of assets and accessible carriage is addition antecedent of income.

 

Inward Commodities over Hubballi Division
Sl.No.	Commodity	Place of Unloading	AVG PER MONTH
1	Coal	AVA,MBIV,KGW,JSWT,BTPL,KSNK,MSPV,PMAK	489
2	Lime Stone	JSWT	69
3	HRC	MRH	40
4	G.Slag	PMAK	6
5	DOLOMITE	JSWT,MBIV	29
6	PIG IRON	MRH	0
7	Iron Ore	MRH,MBIV,KGW,JSWT,SLM,MKPG,	322
8	Cement	NVU,BAY,DUR,VSG	4
9	Maize	RBG,CKR,BGK	4
10	RICE	DUR,BJP,BGK,KBL,BYC,NVU,VSG,UBL,GDG,RBG	48
11	WHEAT	DUR,BJP,BGK,VSG,KBL,UBL,BYC,GDG,NVU	5
12	SALT	NVU	1
13	SUGAR	VSG	1
14	Fertilizers	RBG,DUR,NVU,BJP,BGK,BAY,KBL,GDG,UBL,BYC	56
15	GRANITE	MRH	6
16	CLINKER	MUTG,PMAK,MRH,KGW,JSWT	32
17	QUARTZ	JSWT	1
18	BETONITE	JSWT	1
19	ASH	PMAK	2
20	GYPSUN	JSWT,PMAK	1
21	DOC	NVU	0.1
22	FOODER	NVU	0.1
23	COKE	JSWT	0.1
24	POL	DUR,NVU,BJP,KSNK,BTPK,

 

 

 

Outward traffic over Hubballi Division
Sl.No.	Commodity	Place of Loading
1	Coal	MRH,JSWT
2	Lime Stone	MRH
3	HRC	JSWT
4	G.Slag	JSWT,KFIG
5	PIG IRON	JSWT,KFIG,MRB
6	Iron Ore	RNJP,JSWN,SMLI,VYS,KGW,YTG,MRH,RMGD,MAKU,PKL
7	Cement	JSWT,PMAK,MUTG,BGK,KJDI
8	Maize	BGK,BJP,KBL,KTY,GDG,BNA,DUR,NVU
9	RICE	GGVT,KBL
10	Fertilizers	SKVL
11	Mineral Oil	JSWT
12	E.Container	JSWT,SXB
13	SUGAR	BDM,BGK,BJP,CKR,RBG,UGR,KJDI,KBL,NVU
14	GRANITE	BNA,KBL
15	M.ORE	SDMG
16	AUTO	NVU,GGVT
17	PELLETS	MBIV,RNJP
18	BAUXITE	MRH,KM
19	P.COKE	JSWT,MRH
20	FLYASH	PMAK
21	M.COKE	MSPV,MRH,KFIG
22	BAJRA	BGK
23	HUSK	NVU
24	CLINKER	KJDI
25	GYPSUM	MRH
26	ONION	GDG

 

 

STATION WISE LOADING ON HUBBALLI DIVISION FOR 2024-25
STATION	APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC		JAN		FEB		MAR		Total
	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT
MRH	243	0.941	230	0.907	204	0.803	203	0.793	187	0.741	159	0.630	212	0.836	215	0.856	244	0.943	232	0.919	215	0.859	271	1.078	2615	10.306
KGW	4	0.017	1	0.004	4	0.016	0	0	1	0.004	1	0.004	1	0.004	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.049
JSWT	199	0.642	210.5	0.68	208.5	0.669	190.5	0.611	175	0.564	186	0.611	211	0.676	195.5	0.641	250	0.819	243	0.788	240	0.792	364	1.230	2673	8.723
SDMG	0	0	1	0.002	1	0.004	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.004	0	0	0	0	3	0.010
BNHT	1	0.000	3	0.012	4	0.016	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.021	3	0.012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.061
MAKU	1	0.004	2	0.008	2	0.008	0	0	2	0.008	4	0.016	2	0.008	2	0.008	1	0.004	3	0.012	1	0.004	0	0	20	0.080
KJDI	2	0.008	2	0.008	2	0.008	3	0.012	3	0.008	1	0.004	2	0.008	1	0.004	4	0.013	2	0.008	6	0.024	8	0.032	36	0.137
NVU	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.003	1	0.003	1.5	0.004	1	0.003	0	0	5	0.014
SXB	0	0	3	0.008	0.5	0.001	2	0.005	0	0	0	0	4	0.001	9	0.007	7	0.006	3	0.005	4	0.006	1.5	0.001	34	0.040
LAPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0.004	0	0	0	0	1.5	0.004
SMLI	8	0.033	50	0.203	65	0.264	57	0.231	50	0.203	66	0.269	69	0.280	52	0.211	38	0.154	47	0.191	58	0.235	60	0.244	620	2.518
SKVL	33	0.091	35	0.095	30	0.082	35	0.096	37	0.101	31	0.084	34	0.092	33	0.092	28	0.078	42	0.114	30	0.081	39	0.107	407	1.113
JSWN	8	0.033	4	0.016	11	0.045	11	0.045	0	0	11	0.039	9	0.033	18	0.072	7	0.028	0	0	1	0.004	0	0	80	0.315
RMGD	11	0.045	7	0.029	3	0.012	0	0	0	0	1	0.004	4	0.016	1	0.004	4	0.016	6	0.024	3	0.012	4	0.016	44	0.178
KBL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.002	0	0	0	0	1	0.002
AYB	4	0.0	1.5	0.005	0	0	0	0	1	0.003	1	0.003	4	0.011	19	0.051	17	0.045	3	0.008	2	0.005	4	0.011	56.5	0.152
VYS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
YTG	20	0.081	18	0.073	23	0.094	10	0.041	7	0.028	4	0.016	1	0.004	11	0.045	6	0.025	15	0.061	20	0.081	22	0.089	157	0.638
PMBR	9	0.037	5	0.020	11	0.044	17	0.066	22	0.090	15	0.060	0	0	7	0.026	12	0.046	29	0.108	23	0.088	30	0.119	180	0.704
RNJP	124	0.487	68	0.260	113	0.440	95	0.369	114	0.446	132	0.523	115	0.452	141	0.556	134	0.535	166	0.661	150	0.591	136	0.542	1488	5.862
BNA	2	0.008	0	0	0	0	4	0.016	1	0.004	0	0	0	0	2	0.008	0	0	3	0.012	0	0	0	0	12	0.048
BDM	0	0	1	0.003	2	0.005	0	0	0	0	1	0.003	0	0	1	0.003	3	0.008	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.022
BGK	5	0.013	2.5	0.007	5.5	0.015	1	0.003	0	0	5	0.013	1	0.003	10.5	0.029	16	0.043	11	0.029	10	0.027	10	0.027	77.5	0.209
KFIG	7	0.024	3	0.009	3	0.009	5	0.018	2	0.006	2	0.007	3	0.011	3	0.01	7	0.023	7	0.024	2	0.007	7	0.025	51	0.173
MUTG	9	0.025	13.5	0.037	12.5	0.035	10	0.028	11	0.030	6	0.016	8.5	0.023	7.5	0.021	7	0.019	11	0.030	9	0.025	11	0.030	116	0.319
MBIV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.004	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.003	2	0.007
PMAK	6	0.016	3	0.008	2	0.008	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.032
GDG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.003	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.003
DUR	4	0.011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.011
RBG	1	0.003	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.001	2	0.005	2	0.005	7.5	0.020	6	0.016	8	0.022	27	0.072
UGR	8	0.021	3	0.008	2	0.005	1	0.003	1	0.003	6	0.016	6	0.016	7	0.018	7	0.019	6	0.016	4	0.011	10	0.027	61	0.163
KRKP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.003	1	0.003	2	0.006
BYC	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.001
CKR	2	0.005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.013	4	0.011	6	0.016	1	0.003	4	0.011	22	0.059

 

STATION WISE LOADING ON HUBBALLI DIVISION FOR 2025-26
STATION	APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC		JAN		FEB		MAR		Total
	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT	Rakes	MT
MRH	247	0.980	238	0.949	241	0.962																			726	2.891
KGW	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
JSWT	274.5	0.906	293	0.980	257.5	0.845																			825	2.731
SDMG	1	0.004	0	0	1	0.004																			2	0.008
BNHT	0	0.000	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
MAKU	3	0.012	0	0	2	0.008																			5	0.020
KJDI	7	0.029	8	0.033	5	0.020																			20	0.082
NVU	0	0	2.5	0.004	1.5	0.004																			4	0.008
SXB	1.5	0.002	6	0.007	7	0.003																			14.5	0.012
LAPR	0	0	1	0.003	0	0.000																			1	0.003
SMLI	43	0.176	53	0.219	42	0.180																			138	0.575
SKVL	35	0.095	32	0.087	41	0.112																			108	0.294
JSWN	0	0	8	0.033	6	0.025																			14	0.058
RMGD	1	0.004	2	0.009	2	0.008																			5	0.021
KBL	1	0.002	0	0	0	0																			1	0.002
AYB	0	0.0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
VYS	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
YTG	7	0.029	12	0.049	26	0.106																			45	0.184
PMBR	13	0.053	20	0.087	7	0.029																			40	0.169
RNJP	131	0.530	148	0.605	147	0.602																			426	1.737
BNA	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
BDM	2	0.005	1.5	0.004	0	0																			3.5	0.009
BGK	7.5	0.020	2.5	0.007	2	0.005																			12	0.032
KFIG	5	0.018	3	0.011	4	0.015																			12	0.044
MUTG	3	0.008	5	0.014	5.5	0.015																			13.5	0.037
MBIV	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
PMAK	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
GDG	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
DUR	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
RBG	3	0.008	4.5	0.012	7.5	0.020																			15	0.040
UGR	3.5	0.009	3	0.008	2	0.005																			8.5	0.022
GGVT	0.5	0.001	0	0	1	0.003																			1.5	0.004
KSNK	1	0.004	0	0	0	0																			1	0.004
KRKP	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
BYC	0	0	0	0	0	0																			0	0.000
CKR	0.5	0.001	2	0.005	0.5	0.001																			3	0.007

 

 

NUMBER OF EXPRESS/PASSENGER/SPECIAL TRAINS RUN AND ADDITIONAL COACHES ATTECHED IN HUBLI DIVISION FOR THE YEAR-2025-26
Month	Express Train		Passenger Train		TOD Train (Special Trains)		Additional Coach attached
	2024-25	2025-26	2024-25	2025-26	2024-25	2025-26	2024-25	2025-26
APR	1948	1840	862	700	393	608	63	65
MAY	1964	1987	799	700	407	682	32	38
JUN	1870	2023	760	720	366	649	67	10
JUL	1916		848		330		26
AUG	1946		876		399		48
SEP	1824		636		609		56
OCT	1967		847		470		62
NOV	1937		740		620		20
DEC	1992		778		611		34
JAN	1949		672		604		47
FEB	1739		681		421		79
MAR	1921		705		626		67
TOTAL	22973	5850	9204	2120	5856	1939	601	113