12-456: Secunderabad railway division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways . It is one of the top five divisions of Indian Railways and its divisional and zonal headquarters are at Secunderabad . Secunderabad division was formed on 1 October 1966. It had broad gauge and meter gauge, later, meter gauge was a part of Hyderabad division. It covers
24-525: 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
36-587: A total of 32.14 million passengers, 17.48 t (17.20 long tons; 19.27 short tons) of freight with gross earnings of ₹ 1,264.02 crore (US$ 150 million). 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
48-486: Is second in terms of route kilometres after Secunderabad railway division . Guntakal will be part of Visakhapatnam railway zone , as per the proposal in 2019. Guntakal division was created in 1956 as a part of the Southern Railway zone . It was transferred to South Central Railway zone on 2nd October 1977. It covers the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka and Tamil Nadu ,Telangana. The division has
60-504: 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
72-687: 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
84-614: 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
96-471: The first railway zone in the country to complete 100 per cent LED lighting at all 733 stations under its jurisdiction. In 2018, it was ranked second in cleanliness of all railway zones in India. Guntakal railway division Guntakal Railway Division is one of the divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways . The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal . This division
108-709: The largest broad-gauge route of 1,430.01 km (888.57 mi) and also has the second largest running track of 1,872.47 km (1,163.50 mi) in the South Central Railway zone. The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of the Guntakal division are listed below: Source : Note: The below table depicts the stations under the Guntakal division and their category. Guntakal division generates revenue mainly from tourism and freight. There are many religious destinations as well natural tourism spots which draws tourists from various places. The freight revenue
120-401: The states of Telangana , Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka and Maharashtra . The following are the sections under the division. The division contributes 64% of freight and over 35% of passenger traffic to South Central Railway . During 2011–12, the division recorded total earnings of ₹ 3,958 crore (US$ 470 million). The division has 22,178 employees. During 2012–13, the division carried
132-482: 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
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#1732894335530144-1328: 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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