| Guntakal Junction | |
| Type: | Express train and Passenger train station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Guntakal, Andhra Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Elevation: | 453m (1,486feet) |
| Line: | Guntakal–Chennai line Solapur–Guntakal section Guntakal–Bangalore section Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section Guntakal–Vijayawada section |
| Structure: | Standard on ground |
| Platform: | 7[1] |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | No |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | South Central Railway |
| Status: | Functioning |
| Map Type: | India#India Andhra Pradesh |
Guntakal Junction railway station (station code: GTL[2]) is located in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and serves Guntakal. It is also the headquarters of Guntakal railway division in South Central Railway. It is a junction station at the intersection point of the Mumbai–Chennai line, the Vijayawada–Marmagova line and the Guntakal–Bengaluru line.
During the period 1861–1871 Madras Railway extended its Chennai–Arakkonnam line to Raichuru to join the Great Indian Peninsula Railway line, thereby linking Mumbai and Chennai with a broad gauge line in 1871.[3]
During 1888 to 1890 Southern Maharathna Railway developed a metre-gauge line from Vijayawada to Marmagova, passing through Guntakal.[4]
The Guntakal–Bangalore line was opened in 1892–93.[5] The metre-gauge Guntakal–Mysore Frontier Railway was opened in 1893. It was operated by Southern Maharathna Railway.[6]
Diesel Loco Shed, Guntakal was started as a metre-gauge shed but after gauge conversions in Guntakal and Hubballi divisions a broad-gauge shed was opened in 1995. It houses WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A, WDG-3A and WDG-4 locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Guntakal.[11] Since after overhaul with electric traction, Indian Railways also sanctioned electric loco shed and it holds WAG-7 class locomotives.[12]
Guntakal Junction is classified as an A–category station in the Guntakal railway division.[13] Guntakal has been selected for the Adarsh Station Scheme, a scheme for upgradation of stations by the Indian Railways.[14] [15]