South Central Railway zone

**దక్షిణ మధ్య రైల్వే**
**दक्षिण मध्य रेलवे**
**South Central Railway**
	South Central Railway-6
	SCR's headquarters Secunderabad Railway Station
Overview
Headquarters	Secunderabad Railway Station
Locale	Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka
Dates of operation	2 October 1966–Present
Predecessor	Southern Railways
Technical
Track gauge	Mixed
Length	5954 km.
Other
Website	SCR official website

The South Central Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. South Central Railway was formed on 2 October 1966 when Hubli and Vijayawada Divisions of Southern Railway and Sholapur and Secunderabad Divisions of Central Railway were carved out and merged into a new Zone. Subsequently, Guntakal Division of Southern Railway was merged with South Central Railway on 2 October 1977 and Sholapur Division was remerged with Central Railway. Secunderabad Division was split into two Divisions viz. Secunderabad and Hyderabad on 17 February 1978. Following reorganisation of zones and Divisions with effect from 1 April 2003, two new Divisions viz., Guntur and Nanded were operationalised duly transferring Hubli Division to newly formed South Western Railway.

Presently S.C. Railway has 6 Divisions, viz, Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded. South Central Railway predominantly serves the state of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra and to a limited extent, portions of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Madhya Pradesh states.

South Central Railway Zone is the 2nd highest revenue earning zone in Indian Railways after Northern Railway Zone. The revenue of South Central Railway Zone is nearly 110₹ billion.

Overview

It was created on 2 October 1966 as the ninth zone of Indian Railways.^[1] The six divisions of this railway have a total 5,752 route kilometers of track. Current General Manager of S.C. Railway is Ravindra Gupta.

In 2008 South Central Railways was the first to implement a wireless MU Coupler system supplied by Ms Lotus Wireless Technologies, permitting longer freight trains delivering higher capacity. The system was first implemented in diesel locomotives in 2008 followed by installation on electric locomotives in 2011 at Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet. Trains equipped with this system are in use at Badrachalam region in the South Central Railways.^{[citation needed]}

Vijayawada is the second largest railway junction in India.

Divisions in South Central Railway

It is organized into six divisions: Vijayawada, Secunderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Hyderabad and Nanded. It covers over a vast geographical area including Telangana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.^[1]The list of divisions shown below according to their revenue status.

Vijayawada Division

Vijayawada - Nidadavolu Jn. - Samarlakota Jn. - Thadi.
- 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.

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 Munuguru.
  - Kesarapalli to Singareni.
Secunderabad Jn. - Vikarabad Jn. - Parli Vaijnath.
- Vikarabad Jn. - Wadi Jn.
Ramagundam - Manuguru (Survey competed)

Guntakal Division

Guntakal Junction - Gooty Jn. - Renigunta Junction - Gudur Jn.
- Gooty Jn. - Pendekallu Jn.
- Gooty Jn. - Kalluru Jn.
- Yerraguntla - Nossam.
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.

Hyderabad Division

Hyderabad - Gadwal Jn. - DhoneJ Jn
- Gadwal Jn. - Raichur Jn.
Hyderabad - Jankampet Jn. ( Nizamabad ) - Mudkhed.
- Jankampet Jn. - Bodhan.

Nanded Division

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

Major Establishments

Workshops - 5 Lallaguda(3) , Rayanapadu , Tirupati
Diesel Loco Sheds - 5 Guntakal , Gooty , Vijayawada , Kazipet , Moula-Ali
Electric Loco Sheds - 3 Lallaguda , Kazipet , Vijayawada , Guntakal [ Under Construction ]
Training Institutes - 30 Secunderabad, Kazipet, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Gooty, Washim, etc.
Hospitals -5 Lallaguda (300 beds), Vijayawada (203 beds), Guntakal (131 Beds), Rayanpadu (25 beds), Nanded (30 Beds) Total: 689 beds
Health Units - 44 Secunderabad Division (9), Vijayawada Division (11), Hyderabad Division (5), Guntakal Division (10), Guntur Division (4), Nanded Division (5)
Schools/ Colleges - 14/5 Schools (14), Junior Colleges (4) , Degree College (1)

Notable Trains

References

^ ^a ^b "About Us". South Central Railway. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

External links

South Central Railway

[scr-1] "About Us". South Central Railway. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

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v t e South Central Railway
Administration	Ministry of Railways Rail Nilayam
History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Divisions	Hyderabad Nanded Secunderabad
Sections / Branch lines	Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section Secunderabad–Dhone section Nallapadu–Nandyal section
Railway stations	Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana
Subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification
Institutes	Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
Transits	Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System
See also	Rail transport in India