Ramagundam railway station (station code: RDM) Ramagundam railway station is the busiest station in Kazipet–Balharshah section of Secunderabad division, and it is located in

Peddapalli district Pedapalli district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its administrative headquarters is at Peddapalli and Commissionerate is at Ramagundam. The district shares boundaries with Mancherial, Karimnag ...

Telangana 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 3 ...

. The station is well connected by rail to all parts of India. Ninety-seven trains arrive at, or depart from, the station daily, transporting over 18,000 passengers daily to their destinations across the country, and also serves

Ramagundam Ramagundam is a city and municipal corporation in Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the most populous city in the district and falls under the Peddapalli revenue division. It is located on the banks of the Godavar ...

Godavarikhani Godavarikhani is a neighbourhood of Ramagundam city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is also called as the Coal City and City of Black Gold. The name of the city was coined by Geetla Janardhan Reddy as it is situated on the banks of the Go ...

areas. It is under the jurisdiction of

Secunderabad railway division Secunderabad railway division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways. It is one of the top five divisions of Indian Railways and its divisional and zonal headquarters are at Secunderabad. Histo ...

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 ...

History

With the completion of the

Kazipet Kazipet is the major educational and transport hub in Hanumakonda district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a city in Warangal Tri-City, and a mandal in Hanamakonda district. Kazipet falls under Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation. ...

–

Balharshah Ballarpur (formerly Balharshah) is a city and a municipal council in Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the second largest city in the district. History In Sirpur, today in Telangana, where the king Surajā Ballālasi ...

link in 1929,

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

was directly linked to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

. Mainly this station surroundings has urban population passengers crowd is huge to this station with surrounding towns are

Manthani Manthani is a municipal town in Manthani mandal in Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Manthani mandal. It is situated on the banks of the river Godavari. Geography Manthani is surrounded by the sacred God ...

, and

Peddapalli Peddapalli is a town and Revenue division, Revenue Division in Peddapalli district, Peddapalli District in the Telangana, Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Peddapalli District and Peddapalli mandal. It is located about 197 ...

. It is known as the "Grand Trunk Line". Mostly this station have maximum train halts passing through this main line.

Electrification

The Balharshah–Ramagundam sector in 1987–88 was electrified. This station is famous for MGR (Merry go round) system i.e., goods or coal carriage trains continuously runs and overhauls at this station and it has a coach maintenance depot DM

Developments

A new railway line has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs between

and Kazipet on August 26, 2016. The new line is extremely useful from goods loading point of view with FCI at

Jammikunta Jammikunta is a town and mandal in Karimnagar district of the state of Telangana, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populou ...

, Kesoram Cement at Raghavapuram, Thermal Power Stations and SCCL at

, and Cement

Chandrapur Chandrapur (earlier known as ''Chanda'', the official name until 1964) is a city and a municipal corporation in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra state, India. It is the district headquarters of Chandrapur district. Chandrapur is a fort cit ...

in Maharashtra. This will facilitate both the passenger traffic and goods movement that include cement, coal and food. Survey for new route from Manuguru to Ramagundam is completed but waiting for budget allocation from central government.

References

External links

* Railway stations in Karimnagar district {{Telangana-railstation-stub