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	6,168 kilometres (3,833 mi) Route
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, Hyderabad 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

The zone is organized into six divisions: Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Vijayawada, Nanded and spread 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. – Dhone Jn(Excl)
  • Gadwal Jn. – Raichur Jn(Excl).
• Hyderabad – Nizamabad Jn. – Jankampet Jn. – Mudkhed Jn. (Excl.)
  • Nizamabad Jn. - Peddapalli Jn. (Excl)
  • Jankampet Jn. – Bodhan.

Secunderabad Division

• Secunderabad Jn. – Kazipet Jn. – 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(Excl).
  • Gooty Jn. – Pendekallu Jn.
  • Gooty Jn. – Kalluru Jn.
  • Yerraguntla Jn – Nandyal Jn(Excl).
• Guntakal Junction – Dharmavaram Jn. – Pakala Jn. – Katpadi Jn(Excl).
• Guntakal Junction – Adoni – Raichur – Wadi Jn(Excl).
• Guntakal Junction – DhoneJ Jn – Nandyal Jn(Excl).
• Tirupati – Katpadi Jn(Excl).
• Dharmavaram Jn.- Pakala Jn.
• Kadapa-Pendlimarri section

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

Infrastructure

Workshops

The zone has mechanical workshops at Lallaguda, Tirupati and Rayanapadu.^[3]

Sheds

The zone has diesel loco sheds at Gooty, Guntakal, Kazipet, Vijayawada and Moula-Ali. The zone has electric loco sheds at Vijayawada, Lallaguda and Kazipet. The zone has one MEMU Car shed at Rajahmundry and an EMU Car shed at Moula-Ali EMU.^[4]

Depots

The zone has Passenger coach care depots at Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Kazipet, Kakinada, Narsapur, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Tirupati, Guntakal, Nanded and Purna. Additionally, Ramagundam, Bellampally, Vijayawada and Gooty have wagon maintenance depots.

Training Institutes

The zone has training institutes for imparting and learning railway techniques serving both Indian as well foreign railway staffs at Secunderabad, Kazipet, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Gooty and Washim.

Healthcare

Lallaguda, Kazipet, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Rayanapadu and Nanded have healthcare facilities serving exclusively for the employees of Indian railways and their families.^[5]

Projects

• Electric loco shed, Guntakal^[6]
• Midlife Coach factory, Kurnool^[7]
• Periodc Wagon overhauling workshop, Kazipet^[8]
• Bogi Components Manufacturing unit, Thottambedu^[9]

New sections

• Kadapa-Bangalore section
• Nadikudi-Srikalahasti section

Performance

South Central Railway achieved earnings of 12,100 crore during the financial year 2016-17.^[10]

Achievements

South Central Railway topped among all railway zones of India in terms of train Punctuality and passenger earnings in 2016-17.^[11]

See also

• MMTS Hyderabad
• Zones and divisions of Indian Railways
• All India Station Masters' Association (AISMA)

References

External links

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