South Central Railway zone
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox rail The South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways.<ref name="zone">Template:Cite web</ref> The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka.<ref name="profile" /> It has three divisions under its administration, which include Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded. Secunderabad, Telangana is the Zonal headquarter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="zones_and_divisions">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
Ex MP Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy requested the creation of a new railway zone.<ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1664/1/lsd_02_04_27-02-1958.pdf page 65</ref>
The zone was formed on 2 October 1966 by merging the carved-out divisions of Hubli, Vijayawada of Southern Railway zone and Solapur, Secunderabad of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 2 October 1977, Guntakal division of Southern Railway zone was merged and the already merged division of Solapur was demerged from the zone and became part of its former Central Railway zone. On 17 February 1978, the Hyderabad division was formed by splitting the existing Secunderabad railway division. On 1 April 2002, two new divisions of Guntur and Nanded were created in this zone and the Hubli division was demerged and became part of South Western Railway zone.<ref name="profile">Template:Cite web</ref> The Khandwa Akola section was merged into Bhusaval Division of Central Railways as the line was taken up for Gauge Conversion in 2017. On 27 February 2019, AP part of Waltair Division, Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal divisions were merged into newly formed South Coast Railway zone.
Jurisdiction
The zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh.
Divisions
Infrastructure
Workshops
The zone has mechanical workshops at Mettuguda and Lallaguda.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sheds
The zone has diesel loco sheds at Kazipet and Moula Ali. The zone has electric loco sheds at Lallaguda(Secunderabad) and Kazipet. The zone has one EMU Car shed at Moula Ali EMU.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Depots
The zone has Passenger coach care depots at Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Kazipet, Nanded and Purna. Additionally, Ramagundam, Bellampally have wagon maintenance depots.
Training institutes
The zone has training institutes for imparting and learning railway techniques serving both Indian as well foreign railway staff at Secunderabad, Kazipet and Washim.
Healthcare
Railway Hospitals located in these areas Div. Hospitals at Secunderabad, Kazipet and Nanded have healthcare facilities serving exclusively for the employees of Indian railways and their families.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Loco sheds
- Electric Loco Shed, Lallaguda
- Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet
- Diesel Loco Shed, Moula Ali
- Diesel Loco Shed, Kazipet
Routes
- Delhi-Chennai main line (a diagonal of the golden quadrilateral Grand trunk route) connecting north-south regions.
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- Kakatiya Express line, traveling from Kothagudem to Secunderabad<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Major junctions
- Dornakal Jn
- Kazipet Jn.
- Mudkhed Jn.
- Nizamabad Jn.
- Parbhani Jn.
- Peddapalli Jn.
- Purna Jn.
- Secunderabad Jn.
- Vikarabad Jn.
- Manoharabad Jn.
Projects
- Rail Manufacturing Unit, Kazipet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Manoharabad-Kothapally railway line, which connects Karimnagar to Manoharabad is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Mahbubnagar-Munirabad new line, this line received funds in the 2023 Union Budget<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Performance and earnings
For FY 2024–25 first quarter, the zone operated an average of 315.44 mail/exp and 162.18 passenger trains on a daily basis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the financial year 2023–24, the zone had grossed a record revenue of Template:INRConvert, an increase on 7% from the previous fiscal. It recorded passenger footfall of Template:Nowrap and earned Template:INRConvert. While, the freight earnings stood at Template:INRConvert by transporting Template:Nowrap.<ref name="2023-24">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Achievements
- For FY 2024–25, as part of ‘Mission Zero Scrap’, the zone earned a whopping Template:INRConvert by the sale of scrap.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- In 2018, for the cleanliness category, it was ranked second among all railway zones in India.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- South Central Railway topped among all railway zones of India in terms of train punctuality and passenger earnings in 2016–17.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The zone has become the first in the country to complete 100% LED lighting at all 733 stations under its jurisdiction.
See also
References
External links
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