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Guntakal Railway Division
Overview
Headquarters	Guntakal
Reporting mark	GTL
Locale	Andhra Pradesh, India
Dates of operation	1956; 68 years ago (1956)–
Predecessor	Southern Railway zone
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Previous gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Length	1,307.07 kilometres (812.18 mi)
Other
Website	www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in

Guntakal Railway Division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal and its zonal headquarters is at Secunderabad.

History

Guntakal division was formed in the year 1956, it was under Southern Railway zone. Later, on 2 October 1977, it was transferred to South Central Railway zone.

Guntakal division is first in terms of route 1307.07 km and second highest division in terms of track 1872.47 km in South Central Railway. During 2010-11, it has been declared as total Broad gauge after the Pakala–Dharmavaram line completion. It covers the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

The following are the sections under the division.

Guntakal Jn. - Gooty Jn. - Renigunta Jn. - Gudur Jn.

Gooty Jn. - Pendekallu

Gooty Jn. - Kalluru

Yerraguntla - Nossam

Guntakal Jn. - Dharmavaram Jn. - Pakala Jn. - Katpadi Jn

Guntakal Jn. - Wadi Jn

Guntakal Jn. - Bellary Jn

Guntakal Jn. - Dhone Jn. - Nandyal

"South Central Railway Divisions". Portal of Indian Railways. South Central Railway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
"Guntakal division overview". Portal of Indian Railways. South Central Railway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

v t e South Central Railway
Administration	Ministry of Railways Rail Nilayam
History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Divisions	Hyderabad Nanded Secunderabad
Sections / Branch lines	Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section Secunderabad–Dhone section Nallapadu–Nandyal section
Railway stations	Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana
Subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification
Institutes	Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
Transits	Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System
See also	Rail transport in India

Railways in Southern India

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed