Secunderabad railway division explained

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.

History

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]

Routes

It covers the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The following are the sections under the division.

SectionType of trackTractionDistance
Jn- Jn- Jn(excl)(B.G.)DoubleElectric367 km
Jn-Dornakal Jn-(excl) (B.G.)DoubleElectric217 km
Jn- Jn- Jn(excl) (B.G.)DoubleElectric185 km
Motumarri-Janpahad(excl) (B.G.)SingleElectric78 km
Dornakal Jn- Manuguru(B.G.)SingleElectric86 km
Peddapalli Jn- - Jn(excl)(B.G.)SingleElectric177 km
Jn-latur road Jn-Parli vaijnath(B.G.)SingleElectric268 km
Bidar-Kalaburgi line(Khanapur Jn-Taj sultanpur(excl))(B.G)Single Diesel98 km
Manikgarh-Gadchandur(B.G.)SingleElectric28 km
Karepalli-Singareni(B.G.)SingleElectric11 km
Total1490 km Route

Economy

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 .

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Central Railway Divisions. Portal of Indian Railways. South Central Railway. 1 June 2014.
  2. Web site: Size of South Central Railway to be reduced by half with SCoR. 2019-03-11. Deccan Chronicle. en. 2019-06-13.
  3. Web site: Brief Introduction of Division. South Central Railway. Portal of Indian Railways. 8 September 2014.