About Hotgi

Hotgi is a place in Solapur district of Maharashtra. Hotgi Junction (IR Station code HG) is an important railway junction station under Solapur division of Central Railway (India) zone of Indian Railways. It connects to Solapur Junction on north-west direction, Gulburga and Wadi Junction on South-East direction, Bijapur and Gadag Junction on south direction. The Hotgi-Gadag railway line was metre gauge and converted to broad gauge in stages. The conversion was finally completed in December 2008. Now Hotgi is connected to Hubli and Hospet by direct trains. Bangalore-Solapur train now runs via Bijapur and Hotgi.