Ghatkesar | |
Type: | Indian Railway Station |
Style: | Induuian railway |
Address: | Ghatkesar, Telangana |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 477.14 m above the sea level |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 4 |
Parking: | Yes (Available) |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Central Railway |
Status: | Working |
Map Type: | India Telangana#India |
Ghatkesar (station code:GT), where, Ghat means Mountains and Kesar (Keseri) means Saffron of Persia, this is also a railway station located in Ghatkesar town, Medchal district on Secunderabad-Bibinagar line, which falls under South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad division. Ghatkesar is considered to be the capital suburbs of Hyderabad. The Ghatkesar Railway Station is serviced for 18 trains daily. Most of these services pass through the station. The Kazipet – Secunderabad and Tenali –Guntur – Secunderabad which passes through the station
Passenger train services from Secunderabad to Guntur and Kajipetta divisionMEMU, DEMU, Passenger service starts from Bhongiri railway Station to Falaknuma railway station
Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase II work is nearing completion which will connect this Capitol suburbs with rest of the city over railway network.[1] [2]
Now Ghat Keseri station has four platforms and Quadru tracks to Secunderabad for operation of the MMTS Dedicated Corridor. It is a terminal end point of MMTS Phase two, and later extended to Yadhadhiri in the future pilgrimages.