Ghatkesar railway station explained

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 KazipetSecunderabad and TenaliGunturSecunderabad which passes through the station

Services

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: SCR starts 2 Memu trains. https://web.archive.org/web/20130601035824/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-20/hyderabad/29794082_1_passenger-train-memu-train-services. dead. 1 June 2013. 20 July 2011. The Times of India. 10 December 2011.
  2. News: Corporation adamant on saving MEMU dream. https://web.archive.org/web/20130318051612/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/corporation-adamant-on-saving-memu-dream/210268-60-122.html. dead. 18 March 2013. CNN-IBM. Express News Service. 9 December 2011. 10 December 2011 .