Guntur railway division
Southern Railways | |
Technical | |
---|---|
Track gauge | Broad |
Previous gauge | Metre |
Electrification | 1989 |
Length | 629.516 km (391.163 mi) |
Other | |
Website | official website |
Guntur Railway Division is one of the six divisions of the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways.[1] The division was sanctioned in 1995–96 and was fully operational on 1 April 2003, with its headquarters at Guntur.[2][3] The Rail Vikas Bhavan in Pattabhipuram area of Guntur, serves as the office of Divisional Railway Manager.[4] The present divisional manager is M. Ramakrishna.[5]
History
The
The Guntur-Macherla section was opened in 1930, by the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway to serve the backward inner
Two major bridges to span the
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the division covers the districts of
Sections and branch lines
The sections and branch lines route map breakup is as follows:
Section | Distance (in km) |
Double/Single line | Traction |
---|---|---|---|
Krishna Canal )
|
27.12 | Double | Electric |
Tenali )
|
24.27 | Double | Electric |
Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section (excluding Pagidipalli) |
243.92 | Single | Electric |
Nallapadu–Nandyal section | 251.98 | Single | Electric |
Tenali )
|
32.10 | Single | Electric |
Nadikudi–Macherla | 35.01 | Single | Electric |
Vishnupuram – Janpahad
|
10.64 | Single | Electric |
Other lines | |||
Guntur – Nallapadu
|
5.00 | Double | Electric |
Guntur Byepass Line | 1.94 | Single | Electric |
Total | 629.75 | 30.36 km of double line | 312.55 km of electrified track |
Source: SCR Railway Map 2018[16]
Under construction:
- Nadikudi-Srikalahasti railway line
Categorization of stations
The list includes the stations under the jurisdiction of Guntur railway division and classified based on their respective category.
Category | No. of stations | Names of stations |
---|---|---|
A1 Category | 0 | — |
A Category | 1 | Guntur Junction |
B Category | 2 | Nandyal Junction and Nalgonda |
C Category | 0 | — |
D Category | 13
|
Cumbum, Donakonda, Giddalur, Macherla, Markapur Road, Mangalagiri, Mirylaguda, Nadikudi, Narasaraopet, Piduguralla, Repalle, Sattenapalle, Vinukonda |
E Category | 43
|
New Guntur railway station |
F Category | 13
|
Angalakuduru, Gudimetta, Gudipudi, GURZ (station code), Krishnamsettypalle, Lingamguntla, Mamdapur, Mandapadu, Pedakakani Halt, Penumarru, Rentachintala, Vellalcheruvu Halt, Zampini |
Non-operational | 4
|
Bommaipalle, JNPD (station code), Kondrapole Halt, Nandipalli |
Total | 75 | — |
Source:[3]
Performance and earnings
The division operates around 200 express, passenger and freight trains every day.
Revenue (in million rupees) |
2019-20[22] | 2018–19[22] |
---|---|---|
Passenger | 1570.4 | 1499.0 |
Freight | 1934.4 | 2675.4 |
Sundry | 204.5 | 207.0 |
- Gross includes passenger, freight, sundry and other coaching revenues
Awards and achievements
- Rail Vikas Bhavan, the office of the divisional railway manager was awarded platinum rating by Greening and Beautification Corporation of Andhra Pradesh.[23]
See also
- Divisions of Indian Railways
- Vijayawada railway division
References
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Guntur Division". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ a b c "Evolution of Guntur Division" (PDF). South Central Railway. p. 3. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Guntur DRM office first in IR to get IGBC Green Campus Platinum Rating". Deccan Chronicle. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ Staff Reporter (18 April 2019). "Guntur railway station gets facelift". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Southern Mahratta Railway". Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ^ "Dorabavi Viaduct". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ Ibid
- ^ "Macherla Railway Station". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Grand start to Palnadu fest". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 December 2008.
- ^ "Project Line Commissioned". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ^ "Nadikudi-Srikalahasti line". Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "New line between Guntur and Tirupati". Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "System Map 2018" (PDF). South Central Railway. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Jurisdiction of Guntur Division" (PDF). South Central Railway. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "SCR Railway Map 2018" (PDF). South Central Railway. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b Ilyas, MD (21 December 2015). "Connected Guntur will spur growth". Deccan Chronicle. Guntur. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh / Guntur News : Guntur railway division nets profit". The Hindu. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ ilyas, md (21 December 2015). "Connected Guntur will spur growth". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Guntur Railway division earnings". The Hindu. Chennai. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ^ "News Archives:". The Hindu. Guntur. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ a b c MN, Samdani (19 April 2019). "Guntur posts 69% growth in revenue from freight traffic | Vijayawada News – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ Staff Reporter (18 April 2019). "Guntur railway station gets facelift". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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