Guntakal Railway Division is one of the three divisions of South Coast Railway zone (SCoR) of the

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. The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal and its zonal headquarters is at

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. This division is second in terms of route kilometres after Secunderabad railway division.

History

Guntakal division was created in 1956 as a part of the Southern Railway zone. It was transferred to

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on 2 October 1977. After the formation of Visakhapatnam railway zone on 27 February 2019, Guntakal is under South Coast Railway zone.

Jurisdiction

It covers the states of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

and

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...

. * In Andhra Pradesh it covers a total distance of 1302.9 route km. * In Karnataka it covers a total distance of 142.2 route km. * In Tamil Nadu it covers a total distance of 6.86 route

Sections and branch lines

The division has the largest

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route of and also has the second largest running track of in the South Central Railway zone. The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of the Guntakal division are listed below: ''Source'': *Guntakal Division System map Note: *excl.– Station excluded / not under the divisional jurisdiction *km– Kilometer measure of distance between two lines

Stations and categories

The below table depicts the stations under the Guntakal division and their category.

Performance and earnings

Guntakal division generates revenue mainly from tourism and freight. There are many religious destinations as well natural tourism spots which draws tourists from various places. The freight revenue is due to the availability of large number natural resources, industries based on these resources and nearby ports.

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