Osmanabad railway station

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Dharashiv railway station, officially Dharashiv railway station and station code DRSV (formerly Osmanabad and UMD), is in Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India beside National Highway 52. It sits at 679 metres elevation and has 2 platforms and 4 tracks. The station is electrified, opened in 2006, and handles about 10,000 passengers daily. It is owned by Indian Railways and operated by Central Railways (Solapur Division). It lies on the Latur–Miraj line and the Solapur–Tuljapur-Osmanabad line (under construction). It connects to major cities such as Mumbai, Pune, Daund, Kolhapur, Miraj, Pandharpur, Latur, Parli Vaijnath, Parbhani, Nanded, Nagpur, Akola, Hyderabad, and Udgir.

History: During gauge conversion, the route was realigned to pass through Osmanabad city. The broad gauge Latur–Osmanabad section opened in 2007, with the Mumbai–Osmanabad Express as the first train. The Osmanabad–Kurduvadi section opened in 2008, and the Latur–Mumbai Express began via Kurduvadi and Pune that year.

Renaming: On 4 June 2025, the station was renamed Dharashiv railway station after the Dharashiv caves.