Peddapalli–Nizamabad line

Peddapalli–Nizamabad line
Peddapalli to Nizamabad Railway Line Route Map Route map of Peddapalli–Nizamabad line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Telangana
Termini	Peddapalli Junction Nizamabad Junction
Stations	~16
Service
System	Single Electric Railway Line
Services	Delhi–Chennai line Secunderabad–Manmad line
Operator(s)	South Central Railway zone
History
Opened	25 March 2017
Technical
Line length	177 km
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	Single-line overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map km on New Delhi–Chennai main line 0 Peddapalli Junction 13 Sultanabad 35 Karimnagar 44 Kottapalli 57 Gangadhara 63 Podur 73 Mallai-Nukapalli 83 Lingampet-Jagityal 91 Medipalli 104 Koratla 112 Metapally 133 Morthad 140 Anksapur 142 Lakkora 149 Armur 162 Mamidipalli 178 Nizamabad Junction on Secunderabad–Manmad section

Peddapalli–Nizamabad line is a single-track broad-gauge railway line in the Indian state of Telangana. It connects Nizamabad and Peddapalli in South Central Railway zone. It reduces the distance between Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal. Peddapalli is located on Kazipet–Balharshah section of Delhi–Chennai line, known as Grand Trunk line and Nizamabad is located on Secunderabad–Manmad line.

History

Peddapalli–Karimnagar–Nizamabad railway line (177 km) was sanctioned by the late Shri.P.V. Narasimha Rao who was the 10th Prime Minister of India in the year of 1993. It took 23 years to be completed in a phased manner.

The section between Peddapalli and Karimnagar was completed and train services were started in 2001. It took another 6 years to complete the stretch between Karimnagar and Jagityal and passenger trains were extended till Jagityal from 2007. On 29 December 2016 upon the completion of railway tracks between Jagityal and Mortad, the DEMU trains were further extended till Morthad mandal of Nizamabad district and passenger trains began moving between Karimnagar–Morthad and Peddapalli–Jagityal. After the fund allocation for the remaining section between Morthad and Nizamabad, the works were accelerated and within a year the Peddapalli–Nizamabad line via Karimnagar was ready for operations and the services began from 25 March 2017 and it took 3.5years to electrify the complete line, started in 2018 oct and completed in feb 2022. The over all stretch took nearly 24years in total to complete along with single electric line.

Stations

• Peddapalli Junction (PDPL)
• Sultanabad (STBD)
• Karimnagar (KRMR)
• Kothapalli(haveli) (KPHI)
• Gangadhara (GDRA)
• Podur (PUDR)
• Mallial Nukapalli (NPML)
• Lingampet–Jagityal(LPJL)
• Medipalli (MDPLI)
• Koratla (KRLA)
• Metpally(MTPI)
• Mortad (MRTD)
• Anksapur (AKSP)
• Armoor (ARMR)
• Mamidipalle (MMDPL)
• Nizamabad Junction (NZB)

Electrification

Single line electrification is completed between Peddapalli and Lingampet Jagityal section (83 km) under Phase 1 Construction completed in March 2019. Phase 2 from Lingampet Jagityal till Nizamabad is under construction.

Markings are completed . Poles laying work started in 2020.

Morthad to Nizamabad Electrification CRS is done on 24th of February, 2022 which is 45 kms distance, with this, Peddapalli - Nizamabad Railway Line Section is single electrified line which is 177 kms distance.

Passenger trains

• Tirupati–Karimnagar–Tirupati Biweekly SF Express (12791/12792)
• Kacheguda–Peddapalli Junction–Kacheguda DEMU Express Special (07793/07794)
• Karimnagar–Sirpur Town–Karimnagar MEMU Express Special (07765/07766)
• Nizamabad–Karimnagar–Nizamabad MEMU Express Special (07893/07894)
• Dadar Central–Kazipet Junction–Dadar Central Special Fare Special Express (07195/07196)

External links

• Peddapalli-Karimnagar-Nizamabad S L Project
• Peddapalli-Karimnagar Railway line commissioned