Guntakal railway division
| Guntakal Railway Division | |
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| Reporting mark | GTL |
| Locale | Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Dates of operation | 1956– |
| Predecessor | Southern Railway zone |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Previous gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
| Length | 1,354 kilometres (841 mi) |
| Headquarters | Guntakal |
| Website |
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Guntakal Railway Division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways.[1] The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal and its zonal headquarters is at Secunderabad. Guntakal Division is Uni Gauge i.e Enitire Bg line Division
History
Guntakal division created in 1956 as part of the Southern Railway zone. It was transferred to South Central Railway zone on 2 October 1977.[2] It covers the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
Jurisdiction
The following are the sections under the division.
- Guntakal Jn. – Gooty Jn. – Renigunta Jn. – Tirupati →319 km [ Electrified Double Line ]
- Gooty Jn. – Pendekallu Jn →29 km [ Non electrified Single line ]
- Gooty Jn. – Kalluru Jn →29 km [ Non electrified Single line ]
- Yerraguntla – Nossam →75 km [ Non electrified Single line ]
- Guntakal Jn. – Dharmavaram Jn. – Pakala Jn. – Tirupati →371 km [ Non electrified single Line ]
- Guntakal Jn. – Wadi Jn [ Excluding ] → 210 km [ Electrification and Doubling Under process ]
- Guntakal Jn. – Bellary Jn [Excluding] → 45 km [ Non electrified Single line ]
- Guntakal Jn. - Dhone Jn. - Nandyal [ Excluding ] → 140 km [ Non electrified Single line ]
- Renigunta Jn. - Gudur Jn [ Excluding ] → 83 km [ Electrified Double line ]
- Pakala Jn. - Katpadi Jn [ Excluding ] →53 km [ Electrified Single Line ]
Source → SCR Zone → System map
Stations Category
- A1 : Tirupati [ Above 60 Crores ]
- A : Guntakal , Renigunta , Cuddapah , Anantapur , Yadgiri , Raichur [ 8 - 60 Crores ]
- B : Chittore , Dharmavarm , Gooty , Pakala , Dhone , Adoni , Mantralayam Road ,Sri kalahasti [ 4 - 8 Crores ]
- D : Yerraguntla , Kadiri , Tadipatri , Rajampeta , Koduru , Venkatagiri , Krishna , Nalwar , Narayanapeta Road [ 60 Lakhs to 4 Crores ]
- E : 90 Stations [ Above 60 Lakhs ]
- F : All Halt Stations
Source : SCR Zone → Divisions → Guntakal → Departments →Commercial
Junctions
- Guntakal [ Towatds 5 Directions ]
- Renigunta [ Towards 4 Directions ]
- Gooty [ Towards 4 Directions ]
- Dharmavaram [ Towards 4 Directions ]
- Dhone [ Towards 3 Directions ]
- Pakala [ Towards 3 Directions ]
- Raichur [ Towards 3 Directions ]
- Kallur [ Towards 3 Directions ]
- Pendekallu [ Towards 3 Directions ]
Piligrim Places
- Guntakal division is the adobe of the world famous temple of Lord Sri venkateswara swamy at Tirupati
- Padmavati Temple at Tiruchanur
- VaraSiddi vinayaka Temple at Kanipakam
- Kalahasteeswara Swamy Temple at Sri kalahasti
- KodandaRama swamy Temple at Ontimitta
- Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple at Kadiri
- Raghavendra Swamy Temple at Mantralayam
- Ameen peer Dargha at Kadapa
Industrial Services
- Guntakal Division serves 7 Major Cement factories such as Zuari cements , Ultra tech Cements , Penna Cements , Bharati Cements , Dalmia Cements , India Cements etc and catering large portion of cement needs of South India .
- This division transporting raw materials such as Dolomite , Lime Stone , Barytes and Barytes powder to steel plants and ONGC .
- This division serves 2 Major power plants Such as Rayalaseema Thermal power plant and Raichur Thermal power plant .
Major Establishments
- Carriage Repair Shop is Located at Tirupati .
- Diesel Loco Sheds are Located at Guntakal and Gooty .
- Electric Loco Shed works are under Progress at Guntakal to house nearly 100 Electric Locos .
- SCR Alloted nearly 10 Health units to Guntakal Division .
- Guntakal Houses a Railway Hospital with 131 Beds .
Projects
- SCR's Largest project Kadapa - Banglore new Bg line comes under Guntakal Division . The 257 km long new Bg line foundation Stone Laid in the year 2010 . Among these 257 km's line nearly 200 km line passing through Kadapa , Chittore districts of Ap . It passes through Bussiness centres Rayachoti , Madanapally and Bangarpet . This project will be complited under 4 phases . First phase works from kadapa to pendlimarri [ 21.8 km ] completed . Second phase from Pendlimarri to Rayachoti under progress . Third phase from Rayachoti to Madanapally and Fourth phase from Madanapally to Bangarpet which will ultimayely connected to Banglore .
See also
References
- ↑ "South Central Railway Divisions". Portal of Indian Railways. South Central Railway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ "Guntakal division overview". Portal of Indian Railways. South Central Railway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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