Karimnagar railway station (station code KRMR) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in Karimnagar District Headquarters. It serves the city of

Karimnagar Karimnagar is also known as Elagandula (Ancient name) is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration and fifth largest City in the state. It is governed by Municipal corporation a ...

Telangana State Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35, ...

, India. It comes under

Secunderabad Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...

division of

South Central Railway The South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh. It has three divisions under its administrati ...

, opened in the year of 2001.

Overview

It is a single

broad-gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

line located between

Peddapalli Peddapalli is a town and Revenue Division in Peddapalli District in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Peddapalli District and Peddapalli mandal. It is located about 197 kilometres (122 mi) North of the state capital H ...

– Nizamabad railway section connected to the Grand Trunk Route ( Delhi-Chennai line) at

(35 kilometres). Its neighborhood station is

Kottapalli railway station Kothapalli Haveli railway station is a neighbourhood station of Karimnagar, the station is located in Kothapalli (Haveli) in the state of Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian ...

. There is a new line of Kothapalli–Manoharabad, currently under construction.

History

Foundation Stone for Kothapalli-Manoharabad railway line

Karimnagar railway station's construction started in 1994 on the sanction of

Peddapalli–Nizamabad line Peddapalli–Nizamabad line is a single-track broad-gauge railway line in the Indian state of Telangana. It connects Nizamabad and Peddapalli in South Central Railway zone. It reduces the distance between Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal. ...

P. V. Narasimha Rao Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to Indi ...

, 10th prime minister of India. Peddapalli–Karimnagar () was laid between 1994 and 2001. Train service has been operational from 2001. Karimnagar–Jagityal line was completed in 2007. Train service from Karimnagar Jagityal started in 2007.

Peddapalli

DEMU A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

service started in 2001, it was later extended to Sirpur town. The Karimnagar

Tirupati Tirupati () is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirupati district. The city is home to the important Hindu shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and other historic temples and is refe ...

weekly express was inaugurated in October 2012; it received a good response, therefore the train frequency increased from weekly to biweekly in 2013. The Peddapalli-Nizamabad line was completed in 2017 providing direct access to Nizamabad from Karimnagar. There is a railway line

Manoharabad Manoharabad is a Mandal of the Medak district, Telangana, India.its erstwhile name was YENNELLI-Harishankergoud Ramunigari. Transport Manoharabad has an existing railway station with code (MOB) and is an important part of the new Kothapalli ...

(near

) to Kothapalli (Karimnagar) under construction, this Kothapalli-Manoharabad line has work that has been finished till

Gajwel Gajwel, officially Gajwel–Pragnapur, is a town and a municipality in Siddipet district of the Indian state of Telangana. Gajwel–Pragnapur Nagar Panchayat was constituted in 2012. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of . ...

(

Siddipet Siddipet is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and serves as the headquarters of Siddipet district. It is located about north of the state capital, Hyderabad, and from Warangal. The District Headquarters and police C ...

Dist). Work was slightly delayed due to

Covid-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

lockdowns. On June 29, 2022, the under construction railway line received its first shipment of goods at the Gajwel stop.https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=18204&id=0,5,268 As of January 2023, the line is completed up until Kodakondla, with remaining distance to Kothapalli to be completed by 2025.

Originating and passing trains

* Tirupati–Karimnagar Superfast Express (12761) (Wed, Sat) * Karimnagar–Tirupati Superfast Express (12762) (Sun, Thur) * Karimnagar–Nizamabad DEMU (77260) (Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat) * Nizamabad–Karimnagar DEMU (77259) (Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri) * Karimnagar–Sirpur Town DEMU Daily (77255) * Sirpur Town–Karimnagar DEMU Daily (77256) * Jagityal–Peddapalli DEMU (77257) (Tue, Fri) * Peddapalli–Jagityal DEMU (77258) (Tue, Fri) * Kacheguda–Karimnagar Passenger Daily (57601) * Karimnagar–Kacheguda Passenger Daily (57602) * Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai–Karimnagar Superfast Express (11205) (Sat) * Karimnagar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai Superfast Express (11206) (Sun) * Karimnagar–Tirupathi special (02761) (mon, wed, fri) runs till 30 SEP 2019 * Tirupathi–Karimnager special (02761) (sun, tue, thu)

Gallery

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References

{{Railway stations in Telangana Railway stations in India opened in 2001 Secunderabad railway division Railway stations in Karimnagar district

Overview

History

Originating and passing trains

Gallery

See also

References