Hyderabad Deccan railway station explained

Hyderabad
Native Name:
Other Name:Hyderabad Deccan
Style:Indian Railways
Type: Indian Railways and Hyderabad MMTS station
Address:Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Map Type:India Hyderabad#India Telangana#India
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:South Central Railways
Platform:6
Tracks:22
Accessible: Available
Parking:Yes
Structure:At-grade
Status:Functioning
Electrified:Yes
Map Dot Label:Hyderabad Deccan
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map

Hyderabad railway station, popularly known as Hyderabad Deccan railway station or Nampally railway station, (station code: HYB[1]) is located at Nampally, in Hyderabad. It was constructed and earlier run by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway of the Hyderabad State.

Introduction

Hyderabad Deccan railway station is a terminus, meaning the tracks go only in one direction. The station has 6 platforms. Platform No. 4 is the main platform that is directly located at the main entrance of the station, and is the first platform that one reaches after entering the station. Platform No. 4 is meant for trains departing from Hyderabad Deccan, such as Telangana Express, Charminar Express, Chennai Express, Godavari Express (PF. No. 5). Platform numbers 1, 2 and 3 are smaller platforms, and they are located on the "side" entrance of the station. These platforms are exclusively used for operating Hyderabad Multi Modal Transport System trains and the Warangal/ Kazipet Push-Pull Service, and other slow low priority trains. Platform number 5 is used for departure of trains and Platform No. 6 is exclusively used for the arrival and receival of incoming trains.

Administration

It falls under the Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway. The station serves the city of Hyderabad by rail to and from many important towns and cities in the country.

MMTS Rail

Hyderabad Deccan railway station is a train station in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Localities like Salar Jung Museum, Charminar and Hyderguda are accessible from this station. MMTS trains run from Hyderabad Deccan to Lingampalli/Falaknuma.

Developments

The station is powered by solar power plant costing funded by Persistent Foundation and EPC completed by Sunshot Technologies.[2] It is connected to Nampally Metro Station with a covered walkway and railing.[3]

Lines

Originating express trains

!Train No.!Train Name!Destination!Departure!Running!Route
17011Sirpur Kaghaznagar Intercity ExpressSirpur Kaghaznagar04:50All DaysSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Ramagundam
12723Telangana ExpressNew Delhi06:00All DaysSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Ramagundam, Balharshah, Nagpur, Bhopal Jn., Virangana Lakshmibai, Gwalior Jn., Agra Cantt., Mathura Jn., Hazrat Nizamuddin
18046East Coast ExpressKolkata Shalimar08:00All DaysSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Vijayawada Jn., Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Rajahmundry, Tuni, Visakhapatnam Jn., Vizianagaram Jn., Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Kharagpur Jn., Santragachi Jn.
17647Hyderabad Deccan - Purna ExpressPurna08:20All DaysBegampet, Vikarabad Jn., Bidar, Latur Road, Parbhani Jn.
17021Vasco-da-Gama ExpressVasco-da-Gama09:15ThuSecunderabad Jn., Kacheguda, Mahabubnagar, Kurnool City, Guntakal Jn., Bellary Jn., Hospet Jn., Gadag Jn., Hubli Jn., Castle Rock, Madgaon
12702Hussainsagar SF ExpressChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)14:50All DaysBegampet, Vikarabad Jn., Kalaburagi, Solapur Jn., Pune Jn., Kalyan Jn., Dadar
17020Hyderabad Deccan - Jaipur ExpressJaipur15:10SatSecunderabad Jn., Nizamabad, H.S. Nanded, Parbhani Jn., Jalna, Aurangabad, Manmad Jn., Bhusaval Jn., Itarsi Jn., Bhopal Jn., Ujjain Jn., Ratlam Jn., Chittaurgarh, Ajmer
07509Hyderabad Deccan - Tirupati SpecialTirupati16:35SatSecunderabad Jn., Kacheguda, Mahabubnagar, Kurnool City, Gooty Jn., Cuddapah, Renigunta Jn.
17320Hyderabad Deccan - Hubli ExpressHubli Jn.15:50All DaysBegampet, Vikarabad Jn., Kalaburagi, Bijapur, Badami, Gadag Jn.
12604Chennai SF ExpressMGR Chennai Central16:45All DaysSecunderabad Jn., Nalgonda, Guntur Jn., Tenali Jn., Ongole, Nellore, Gudur Jn., Sullurupeta
12728Godavari SF ExpressVisakhapatnam Jn.17:05All DaysSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Vijayawada Jn., Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Rajamundry, Samalkot Jn., Tuni, Anakapalle
12760Charminar ExpressTambaram18:00All DaysSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Vijayawada Jn., Tenali Jn., Ongole, Nellore, Gudur Jn., Sullurupeta, Chennai Egmore
07115Hyderabad Deccan - Jaipur SpecialJaipur20:25Mon, WedSecunderabad Jn., Nizamabad, H.S. Nanded, Purna Jn., Akola Jn., Itarsi Jn., Bhopal Jn., Ujjain Jn., Ratlam Jn., Chittaurgarh, Ajmer
17014Hyderabad Deccan - Hadapsar ExpressHadapsar20:35Mon, Thu, SatBegampet, Vikarabad Jn., Bidar, Latur Road, Daund Jn.
22731Mumbai SF ExpressChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)22:35All DaysBegampet, Vikarabad Jn., Kalaburagi, Solapur Jn., Daund Jn., Pune Jn., Kalyan Jn., Dadar
02575Hyderabad Deccan - Gorakhpur SpecialGorakhpur21:05FriSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Balharshah, Nagpur, Itarsi Jn., Bhopal Jn., Bina Jn., Virangana Lakshmibai, Kanpur Central, Lucknow City
17649Hyderabad Deccan - Aurangabad ExpressAurangabad22:45All DaysBegampet, Vikarabad Jn., Latur Road, Parbhani Jn., Jalna
12721Dakshin SF ExpressHazrat Nizamuddin23:00All DaysSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Balharshah, Nagpur, Itarsi Jn., Bhopal Jn., Virangana Lakshmibai, Gwalior Jn., Agra Cantt., Mathura Jn., Faridabad
17005Hyderabad Deccan - Raxaul ExpressRaxaul23:10ThuSecunderabad Jn., Kazipet Jn., Balharshah, Gondia Jn., Durg, Raupur Jn., Bilaspur Jn., Jharsuguda Jn., Rourkela, Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad Jn., Jasidih Jn., Darbhanga Jn.

Infrastructure

This station has 7 pit lines for primary maintenance of trains originating from here.

And few weekly Express and Passenger trains are maintained here. Some of the trains which originating from will come to this station for primary maintenance.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station Code Index . Portal of Indian Railways . 29 April 2019. 45. 2015.
  2. News: M. Somasekhar. Hyderabad's Nampally railway station gets rooftop solar power plant. 21 April 2017. Business Line. 23 March 2017. Hyderabad.
  3. Web site: Metro rail near Nampally to have a period look.