Guntakal railway division
Guntakal railway division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal. This division is second in terms of route kilometres after Secunderabad railway division.
Guntakal will be part of South Coast Railway zone, as per the proposal in 2019.
History
Guntakal division was created in 1956 as a part of the Southern Railway zone. It was transferred to South Central Railway zone on 2 October 1977.Jurisdiction
It covers the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Telangana.- 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 broad-gauge 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
- 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.| Category of station | No. of stations | Names of stations |
| A-1 | 1 | |
| A | 6 | ,, Cuddapah Junction,,, |
| B | 8 | ,,,,, Mantralayam,, |
| D | 11 | Pileru, Proddatur, Kadiri, Railway Koduru,, Nalwar, Narayanapet Road, Rajampeta, Tadipatri,, |
| E | 90 | - |
| F | 20 | halt stations |
| Total | 134 | - |