Railroad Name: | Secunderabad Railway Division |
Logo Filename: | Shortened form of South Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.jpg |
Marks: | SC |
Operator: | Indian Railways |
Locale: | Telangana State, India |
Predecessor Line: | Southern Railway zone |
Hq City: | Secunderabad |
Secunderabad railway division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways.[1] [2] It is one of the top five divisions of Indian Railways and its divisional and zonal headquarters are at Secunderabad.
Secunderabad division was formed on 1 October 1966. It had broad gauge and meter gauge, later, meter gauge was a part of Hyderabad division.[3]
It covers the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The following are the sections under the division.
Section | Type of track | Traction | Distance | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jn- Jn- Jn(excl)(B.G.) | Double | Electric | 367 km | |
Jn-Dornakal Jn-(excl) (B.G.) | Double | Electric | 217 km | |
Jn- Jn- Jn(excl) (B.G.) | Double | Electric | 185 km | |
Motumarri-Janpahad(excl) (B.G.) | Single | Electric | 78 km | |
Dornakal Jn- Manuguru(B.G.) | Single | Electric | 86 km | |
Peddapalli Jn- - Jn(excl)(B.G.) | Single | Electric | 177 km | |
Jn-latur road Jn-Parli vaijnath(B.G.) | Single | Electric | 268 km | |
Bidar-Kalaburgi line(Khanapur Jn-Taj sultanpur(excl))(B.G) | Single | Diesel | 98 km | |
Manikgarh-Gadchandur(B.G.) | Single | Electric | 28 km | |
Karepalli-Singareni(B.G.) | Single | Electric | 11 km | |
Total | 1490 km Route |
The division contributes 64% of freight and over 35% of passenger traffic to South Central Railway. During 2011–12, the division recorded total earnings of . The division has 22,178 employees. During 2012–13, the division carried a total of passengers, 17.48MT of freight with gross earnings of .