11-545: Sabari Express (numbered:17229/17230) is one of the oldest and most prestigious trains operated by South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways . It runs between Secunderabad and Thiruvananthapuram Central . It is one of the 2 trains which are running between Hyderabad and Kerala . The train has a pantry car attached. It is always crowded with devotees looking to travel to the Sabarimala Temple . The train
22-525: A new zone". Secunderabad, which will be part of the new zone, was the headquarters of the Nizam's railways. As such, the buildings and other paraphernalia necessary for the headquarters of a zone are already there." The zone was formed on 1 October 1966 by merging the carved-out divisions of Hubli , Vijayawada of Southern Railway zone and Solapur , Secunderabad of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway . On 2 October 1977, Guntakal division of Southern Railway zone
33-525: Is named after the famous Hindu pilgrimage site, the Sabarimala Temple . It is a mail express train and started its first service 37 years ago, on 6 April 1987. Earlier the train used to run between Hyderabad Deccan and Cochin Harbour Terminus railway station from1987 till 2005. It was extended to Thiruvananthapuram Central from 27 March 2005. Once the Kochuveli railway station was fully up and running,
44-504: Is the Zonal headquarter Ex MP Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy requested in creation of a new railway zone while speaking about the size of the zones, he said the following: "I am tempted to speak about the Southern zone. This zone, as I said, consists of 6,017 miles. It spreads itself like a leviathan into five States— Bombay, Mysore, Andhra Pradesh, Madras and Kerala. It is not only over-sized but it
55-687: Is unwieldy. The Railway Board has to consider whether it could not be bifurcated. In this connection, the creation of a new zone known as the South Central Zone may be thought of. It may consist of the following divisions: Bez-wada division, Guntakal. Hubli, Wal- tair, Secunderabad and Sholapur division. I think the creation of that new zone will relieve the General Manager of the existing zone of some of his duties and will give him breathing space to concentrate his attention upon other divisions I do not think there will be any extra expenditure if we create
66-487: Is usually hauled by either a LGD/WAP-7 or a BZA/WAP-4 locomotive. South Central Railway zone The South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR ) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways . The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh , Telangana , Maharashtra , Karnataka . It has three divisions under its administration, which include Secunderabad , Hyderabad , Vijayawada , Guntur , Guntakal and Nanded . Secunderabad, Telangana
77-614: The employees of Indian railways and their families. For the financial year 2018–19, the zone had transported 122.5 million tonnes of freight and earned ₹ 15,640 crore (US$ 1.9 billion); while it transported 383 million passengers and earned ₹ 10,000 crore (US$ 1.2 billion). It runs a total of 744 trains per day, with a passenger footfall of five hundred thousand. South Central Railway topped among all railway zones of India in terms of train Punctuality and passenger earnings in 2016–17. The South Central Railway (SCR) has become
88-524: The next day. It carries the number 17229. The train in the opposite direction, from Secunderabad Junction to Thiruvananthapuram Central, leaves at 12:20 PM and arrives at 6:05 PM the next day. It uses the number 17230. The total distance covered by this train is 1555 km (974 miles). The average journey takes approximately 29 hours 45 min. This train shares rake sharing with Tirupati - Secunderabad Padmavati Express (12763/12764) and Tirupati - Secunderabad Superfast Express (12731/12732) The train
99-504: The train was scheduled to start from and terminate there instead of Thiruvananthapuram Central, in a bid ease congestion at the latter. However, it still starts from and terminates at Thiruvananthapuram Central as per the train schedule. Despite this being one of the most important and prestigious trains of Indian Railways, it still uses old ICF coaches instead of modern LHB coaches . The train from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Secunderabad Junction leaves at 6:45 AM and arrives at 12:30 PM
110-482: Was merged and the already merged division of Solapur was demerged from the zone and became part of its former Central Railway zone. On 17 February 1978, Hyderabad division was formed by splitting the existing Secunderabad railway division. On 1 April 2002, two new divisions of Guntur and Nanded were created in this zone and the Hubli division was demerged and became part of South Western Railway zone . Khandwa Akola section
121-1328: Was merged into Bhusaval Division of Central Railways as the line was taken up for Gauge Conversion in 2017. On 27 February 2019, AP part of Waltair Division , Vijayawada , Guntur and Guntakal divisions were merged into newly formed South Coast Railway zone . The zone is spread over the states of Telangana , Maharashtra , Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka . The zone has mechanical workshops at Mettuguda and Lallaguda . The zone has diesel loco sheds at Kazipet and Moula Ali . The zone has electric loco sheds at Lallaguda (Secunderabad) and Kazipet . The zone has one EMU Car shed at Moula Ali EMU. The zone has Passenger coach care depots at Hyderabad , Secunderabad , Kacheguda , Vijayawada , Kakinada , Narasapur , Tirupati , Guntakal , Machillipatnam , Kazipet , Nanded and Purna . Additionally, Vijayawada , Gooty , Ramagundam , Bellampally have wagon maintenance depots. The zone has training institutes for imparting and learning railway techniques serving both Indian as well foreign railway staffs at Secunderabad , Vijayawada , Guntakal , Kazipet and Washim . Railway Hospitals located in these areas Div.Hospitals at Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal and Kazipet, Guntur, Rayanapadu(Vijayawada) and Nanded have healthcare facilities serving exclusively for
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