Nizamabad Junction railway station (station code: NZB) is an

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station, which serves the city of Nizamabad in

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. It is a major station on Secunderabad–Manmad railway line, also serving as the junction point for Secunderabad,

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, / junctions. It is administered under

Hyderabad railway division Hyderabad railway division is one of the three divisions of South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the Division is at Secunderabad and its zonal headquarters is at Secunderabad. Even though Hyderabad has its ow ...

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Jankampet Junction railway station Jankampet Junction railway station (station code:JKM) is one of the two railway stations which serves the city of Nizamabad in Telangana state of India. Administration It falls in Hyderabad railway division under the South Central Railway z ...

is another station located in the city from where the

Secunderabad–Manmad line Secunderabad–Manmad is an important railway line connecting the states of Telangana and Maharashtra. It is administered by South Central Railway and was formerly known as ''Hyderabad–Manmad railway line'' (built by NGSR) and ''Godavari Vall ...

branch towards

Bodhan Bodhan town in Nizamabad district of the Indian state Telangana. Bodhan is primarily known for the Nizam Sugar Factory founded by a Nizam of Hyderabad, and some historical places such as The Chakreshwara Shiva Temple, The Renuka Temple, Bhee ...

History

The Nizam of Hyderabad ruled over the

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region during 18th century and under his reign the railway line between Secunderabad and

Manmad Manmad ( ənmaːɖ is one of the towns in Nashik district in the state of Maharashtra in India. It is the third largest city in Nashik district, with a population of approximately 80,000. Geographically it lies within Nandgaon Tehsil in Na ...

was constructed in the year 1905. The railway station was named after then ruler of the Nizam state Nizam-ul-Mulk as Nizamabad. On 30 June 2004 the SCR operated the last

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train on the Nizamabad–

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line bringing to an end the metre gauge services which started in the 1930s on the Secunderabad–

line of the Nizam's State Railways (formerly Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways)

Line and location

Nizamabad railway station is a junction connecting northern, southern and western India lines. It is situated on Secunderabad (Kacheguda)-Manmad railway line and is also the convergence station for Peddapalli–Karimnagar–Nizamabad line via

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which was inaugurated on 25 March 2017 with a

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service between Nizamabad and Karimnagar. This section is a part of Delhi–Chennai line which is known as Grand Trunk Route. This long line also reduced the distance the between major Indian cities such as Hyderabad–New Delhi, Mumbai–Karimnagar, Nizamabad–Warangal. Jankampet Jn. is another station located in western part of the city. This station also lies on Secunderabad (Kacheguda)–Manmad railway line and acts as the junction point for Jankampet-Bodhan railway line in Nizamabad district. Indian Railways also has plans for extending the railway line from Bodhan to

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and

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which in turn will pave way for Nizamabad and Karimnagar to have direct connectivity to

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, Bidar, Gulbarga,

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and many other cities of the neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Classification and performance

Nizamabad is classified as an ''A–category'' station, in terms of earnings. It has been selected for the ''Adarsh Station Scheme'', a scheme for upgradation of stations by the

Structure and amenities

The zonal railway has identified the station for development of ''Multi Functional Complex'' adjoining to the station building. The proposed ''Multi Functional Complex'' will provide state of the art facilities to the passengers and public at large which shall include services like, food courts, quick service restaurants, cloak rooms, hotels with banquet hall, stores, medical outlets, state of the art, dormitories etc. As of June 2015, P.K.Srivastava the General Manager of Hyderabad Division along with Ms. K.Kavitha, Hon’ble Member of Parliament of Nizamabad have inaugurated several passenger amenities/facilities including Automatic Ticket Vending Machines facility (ATVM), foundation for development of Nizamabad station.

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