South Central Railway zone


The South Central Railway is one of the 18 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It has three divisions under its administration, which include Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded. It was re-organized in 2019 and the divisions of Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal railway station were separated to form South Coast Railway zone. Kacheguda railway station is the current headquarter andGajanan Mallya is the present general manager of the zone.

History

The zone was formed on 2 October 1966 by merging the carved out divisions of Hubli, Vijayawada of Southern Railway zone and Solapur, Secunderabad of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway's. On 2 October 1977, Guntakal division of Southern Railway zone was merged and the already merged division of Solapur was demerged from the zone and became part of its former Central Railway zone. On 17 February 1978, Hyderabad division was formed by splitting the existing Secunderabad railway division. On 1 April 2003, two new divisions of Guntur and Nanded were created in this zone and the Hubli division was demerged and became part of South Western Railway zone.
Khandwa Akola section was merged into Bhusaval Division of Central Railways as the line was taken up for Gauge Conversion in 2017. On 27 February 2019, AP part of Waltair Division, Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal divisions were merged into newly formed South Coast Railway zone.
Major railway stations include Gadwal, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Kamareddy, Peddapalli, Jagityal, Kagaznagar, Khammam, Kazipet, Raichur, Dornakal, Bhadrachalam, Karimnagar, Ramagundam, Manchiryal, Kacheguda, Warangal, Vikarabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Gajwel, Aurangabad and Nagarsol.

Jurisdiction

The zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and parts of Madhya Pradesh. It has three divisions after the re-organization of the zone:

Infrastructure

Workshops

The zone has mechanical workshops at Mettuguda and Lallaguda.

Sheds

The zone has diesel loco sheds at Kazipet and Moula-Ali. The zone has electric loco sheds at Lallaguda and Kazipet. The zone has one EMU Car shed at Moula-Ali EMU.

Depots

The zone has Passenger coach care depots at Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Kazipet, Nanded and Purna. Additionally, Ramagundam, Bellampally have wagon maintenance depots.

Training Institutes

The zone has training institutes for imparting and learning railway techniques serving both Indian as well foreign railway staffs at Secunderabad, Kazipet and Washim.

Healthcare

Railway Hospitals located in these areas
Lallaguda, Kazipet and Nanded have healthcare facilities serving exclusively for the employees of Indian railways and their families.

Routes

Express

For the financial year 2018–19, the zone had transported of freight and earned; while it transported passengers and earned. It runs a total of 744 trains per day, with a passenger footfall of five hundred thousand.

Achievements

South Central Railway topped among all railway zones of India in terms of train Punctuality and passenger earnings in 2016–17. The South Central Railway has become the first railway zone in the country to complete 100 per cent LED lighting at all 733 stations under its jurisdiction. In 2018, it was ranked second in cleanliness of all railway zones in India.