Guntur railway division

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Guntur railway division is one of the six divisions of the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways.[1] The division was sanctioned in 1995–96 and was fully operational on 1 April 2003, with its headquarters at Guntur.[2][3] The Rail Vikas Bhavan in Pattabhipuram area of Guntur, serves as the office of Divisional Railway Manager.[4] The present divisional manager is M. Ramakrishna.[5]

History

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Chelama Tunnel, Guntur Division
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The remains of the old Dorabavi Viaduct, Bogada Guntur Division

The Krishna Canal-Nandyal (KCC-NDL) stretch was a part of the important east–west coast link that connected Margao in Goa to Masulipatnam in the erstwhile Madras Province of British India. It was originally built to Metre Gauge by the Southern Mahratta Railway (later the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway-MSMR) during 1889–90.[6] The track passed through the Nallamala Hills and as a result quite a few major engineering works were undertaken in the course of the railroad construction, the most impressive of them being the massive Dorabavi Viaduct[7] and the Bogada Tunnel, both of them about 30 km from Nandyal. This section was converted to Broad Gauge during 1993–95. The gauge conversion was a difficult task owing to the difficult terrain. The old alignment between Gazulapalli and Diguvametta was abandoned and a new Bogada tunnel, about 1.6 km in length and a new Dorabavi Viaduct located at a much lower altitude were constructed at a huge expense. The railway passes through the historic Cumbum Tank, starting from Cumbum railway station and spread over an area of 7 km. It is one of the most picturesque valleys in Guntur-Nandyal section of South Central Railway.[8]

The Guntur-Macherla section was opened in 1930, by the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway to serve the backward inner Telangana region. It too was originally metre gauge and was converted to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". broad gauge in 1992–93.[9] This section was used for the transport of limestone, quartz &cement, primarily from Piduguralla, popularly known as the Lime City.[10] The section from Guntur to the coastal town of Repalle was built to the broad gauge by the Madras and Southern Railway in 1916. This line connected to the East Coast main line at Tenali. The section from Tenali to Repalle was owned by Guntur District Board until 1964. The foundation stone for the 152 km long Bibinagar-Nadikudi rail project that opened an alternative route to Secunderabad from Vijayawada and connected the interior of Telangana to Hyderabad was laid by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi on 7 April 1974. The project was finally finished in 1989 and the line commissioned a year later.[11]

Two major bridges to span the Krishna River and Musi are located in this section. It is used by many south/east bound trains in a bid to decongest the heavily used Warangal-Vijayawada line. New rail lines are added in the region such as Nadikudi–Srikalahasti section, part of which comes under the division. This will be an alternate route to Chennai/Tirupati for Guntur City.[12][13]

Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of the division covers the districts of Guntur, Kurnool, Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Nalgonda in Telangana.[3] It has a total route length of Script error: No such module "convert". and running track of Script error: No such module "convert"..[14] In Andhra Pradesh, it has a total route length of Script error: No such module "convert". and in Telangana it is Script error: No such module "convert"..[15]

Sections and branch lines

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Jurisdictional route map of Guntur Railway Division
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Railway track between Nandyal and Giddalur as viewed from Nallamala Ghat Road

The sections and branch lines route map breakup is as follows:

Section Distance
(in km) 		Double/Single line Traction
Guntur–Krishna Canal
(excluding Template:Rws) 		27.12 Double Electric
Guntur–Tenali
(excluding Template:Rws) 		24.27 Double Electric
Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section
(excluding Template:Rws) 		243.92 Single Electric
Nallapadu–Nandyal section 251.98 Double & Single Electric
New Piduguralla–Savalyapuram section 46 Single Electric
Gundlakamma–Darsi section 26 Single Diesel
Tenali–Repalle
(excluding Template:Rws) 		32.10 Single Electric
Nadikudi–Macherla 35.01 Single Electric
Vishnupuram – Janpahad 10.64 Single Electric
Other lines
Template:Rws – Nallapadu 5.00 Double Electric
Guntur Byepass Line 1.94 Single Electric
Total 704 30.36 km of double line 312.55 km of electrified track

Source: SCR Railway Map 2018[16]

Under construction:

Categorization of stations

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Guntur Junction railway station in 2007

The list includes the stations under the jurisdiction of Guntur railway division and classified based on their respective category.

Category No. of stations Names of stations
A1 Category
A Category 1 Template:Rws Junction
B Category 2 Template:Rws Junction and Nalgonda
C Category 0 —
D Category
13
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E Category
43
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F Category
13
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Angalakuduru, Gudimetta, Gudipudi, GURZ (station code), Krishnamsettypalle, Lingamguntla, Mamdapur, Mandapadu, Pedakakani Halt, Penumarru, Rentachintala, Vellalcheruvu Halt, Zampini
Non-operational
4
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Bommaipalle, JNPD (station code), Kondrapole Halt, Nandipalli
Total 75 —

Source:[3]

Performance and earnings

The division operates around 200 express, passenger and freight trains every day.[17] The primary commodity transported by the division is cement, clinker, food grains, besides coal and fertilizer. Other commodities include cotton, chillies, limestone, paddy, tobacco and timber waste.[17][18][19] In 2003, the freight earnings were Template:Indian rupee93 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|93|7||USD|year={{{year}}}}}).[20] After a decade, it stands at Template:Indian rupee452 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|452|7||USD|year={{{year}}}}}) in 2013–14. In 2008–09, the gross revenue was Template:Indian rupee237 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|237|7||USD|year={{{year}}}}}), a decline in figures compared to previous fiscal of Template:Indian rupee272 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|272|7||USD|year={{{year}}}}}), due to recession.[21] In the fiscal year 2018–19, it registered a growth of 69% freight earnings alone.[22]

Revenue
(in million rupees) 		2019-20[22] 2018–19[22]
Passenger 1570.4 1499.0
Freight 1934.4 2675.4
Sundry 204.5 207.0
  • Gross includes passenger, freight, sundry and other coaching revenues

Awards and achievements

  • Rail Vikas Bhavan, the office of the divisional railway manager was awarded platinum rating by Greening and Beautification Corporation of Andhra Pradesh.[23]

See also

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References

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