South Central Railway zone

South Central Railway

South Central Railway-6
SCR's headquarters Secunderabad Railway Station
Locale	Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka
Dates of operation	October 2, 1966 (1966-10-02)–
Predecessor	Southern Railways
Track gauge	Mixed
Length	5,954 kilometres (3,700 mi)
Headquarters	Secunderabad
Website	SCR official website

The South Central Railway is one of the sixteen zones of the Indian Railways.^[1] The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and some portions of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It has six divisions under its administration, which include, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Secunderabad and Vijayawada.^[2]

History

The zone was formed on 2 October 1966 by merging the carved out divisions of Hubli, Vijayawada of Southern Railway zone and Sholapur, Secunderabad of Central Railway zone. On 2 October 1977, Guntakal division of Southern Railway zone was merged and the already merged division of Sholapur 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 2003, 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.^[2]

Jurisdiction

HYB bound Godavari Express at Marripalem hauled by LGD shed WAP-4

SC bound Goutami Express at Moulali with WAP-4 loco

17202 Guntur bound Golconda Express

12713 (BZA-SC) Sathavahana Express at Ghatkesar

Kacheguda-Akola Intercity Express

Overview of a freight and Passenger trains at Malkajgiri

A daily Passenger with Baldie WDM-3A loco 14013 at Ammuguda

The zone is organized into six divisions: Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Vijayawada, Nanded and sptead over the states of Telangana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.^[2]

The list of divisions are shown below:

Hyderabad division

• Hyderabad – Gadwal Jn. – DhoneJ Jn
  • Gadwal Jn. – Raichur Jn.
• Hyderabad – Nizamabad Jn. – Jankampet Jn. – Mudkhed Jn. (Excl.)
  • Nizamabad Jn. – Peddapalli Jn. (Excl.)
  • Jankampet Jn. – Bodhan.

Secunderabad Division

• Secunderabad Jn. – Kazipet Jn. Ramagundam , Balharshah Jn.
  • Peddapalle to Jagtial
  • Balharshah Jn. to Gadchandur.
  • Bibinagar Jn to Peddapalle
• Kazipet Jn. – Dornakal Junction – Kondapalli.
  • Motamarri to Mellacheruvu.
  • Dornakal Jn. to Manuguru.
    • Kesarapalli to Singareni.
• Secunderabad Jn. – Vikarabad Jn. – Parli Vaijnath.
  • Vikarabad Jn. – Wadi Jn.
• Ramagundam – Manuguru (Survey completed)

Vijayawada Division

• Vijayawada – Nidadavolu Jn. – Samarlakota Jn. – Duvvada.
  • Vijayawada – Gudivada Jn. – Machilipatnam.
  • Gudivada Jn. – Bhimavaram Jn – Nidadavolu Jn.
    • Bhimavaram Jn. to Narsapur.
  • Samarlakota Jn. to Kakinada Port.
    • Kakinada Jn. to Pithapuram.
• Vijayawada – Tenali – Gudur.
  • Venkatachalam to Krishnapatnam
• Vijayawada to Kondapalli.

Guntakal Division

• Guntakal Junction – Gooty Jn. – Renigunta Junction – Gudur Jn.
  • Gooty Jn. – Pendekallu Jn.
  • Gooty Jn. – Kalluru Jn.
  • Yerraguntla Jn – Nandyal Jn.
• Guntakal Junction – Dharmavaram Jn. – Pakala Jn. – Katpadi Jn.
• Guntakal Junction – Adoni – Raichur – Wadi Jn.
• Guntakal Junction – DhoneJ Jn – Nandyal.
• Tirupati – Katpadi Jn.
• Dharmavaram Jn.- Pakala Jn.

Guntur Division

• Guntur Junction to Krishna Canal
  • Guntur Junction to Repalle.
• Guntur Junction to Nallapadu Jn.
  • Nallapadu Jn. to Nandyal.
• Nallapadu Jn. to Pagidipalli.
  • Nadikudi Jn. to Macherla.

Nanded Division

• Manmad Jn. – Parbhani Jn. – Purna Jn. – Pimpalkutti.
• Purna Jn. – Akola Jn.
• Akola Jn.- Khandwa Jn.
• Parbhani Jn. – Parli Vaijnath.

Rail infrastructure

The division has five workshops with three at Lallaguda, each at Rayanapadu and Tirupati. It has a total of five diesel and three electric loco sheds, each at Guntakal, Gooty, Vijayawada, Kazipet, Moula-Ali and Lallaguda, Kazipet, Vijayawada respectively.^[2]

See also

• MMTS Hyderabad
• Zones and divsions of Indian Railways

References

External links

• South Central Railway

South Central Railway zone
Administration	Indian Railways Ministry of Railways Railway Board
History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways History of rail transport in India Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Divisions	Guntur Nanded Vijayawada Hyderabad Secunderabad Guntakal
Sections / Branch lines	Duvvada–Vijayawada section Bhimavaram–Narasapuram branch line Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Gudur–Renigunta section Krishna Canal–Guntur section Nallapadu–Nandyal section Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line Tenali–Repalle branch line Vijayawada–Gudur section Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line Nandyal-Yerranguntla section
Major stations	Eluru Guntakal Junction Guntur Junction Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Kazipet Junction Hazur Sahib Nanded Nellore Rajahmundry Samalkot Secunderabad Junction Vijayawada Junction Tirupati
Named trains	Andhra Pradesh Express Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express Ajanta Express Charminar Express Dakshin Express Devagiri Express Falaknuma Express Godavari Express Golconda Express Goutami Express Hussainsagar Express Krishna Express Manikarnika Express Narayanadri Express Pinakini Express Ratnachal Express Sabari Express Sachkhand Express Satavahana Express Secunderabad Rajdhani Express Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad Garib Rath Express Tirumala Express Venkatadri Express Machilipatnam Express
Indian rail subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification
Institutes	Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
Transits	Hyderabad MMTS Hyderabad Metro Rail
See also	Rail transport in India