Peddapalli–Nizamabad line

Peddapalli–Nizamabad line
Peddapalli–Nizamabad line
	Peddapalli to Nizamabad Railway Line Route Map; Route map of Peddapalli–Nizamabad line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Telangana
Termini	Peddapalli Junction; Nizamabad Junction;
Stations	16
Website	scr.indianrailways.gov.in
Service
Type	electric railway line
System	Single Electric Railway Line
Services	Delhi–Chennai line; Secunderabad–Manmad line ; Kothapalli-Manoharabad line
Operator(s)	South Central Railway zone
History
Commenced	1993
Opened	March 25, 2017; 7 years ago
Technical
Line length	177 km (110 mi)
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	Single-line overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map
	Legend

Peddapalli–Nizamabad line is a single-track broad-gauge railway line in the Indian state of Telangana. It connects Nizamabad and Peddapalli in South Central Railway zone.^[1] It reduces the distance between Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal. Peddapalli is located on Kazipet–Balharshah section of Delhi–Chennai line, known as Grand Trunk line and Nizamabad is located on Secunderabad–Manmad line. The line roughly follows National Highway 63 from Jagtial to Nizamabad.

History[edit]

Peddapalli–Karimnagar–Nizamabad railway line (177 km) was sanctioned by the late Shri.P.V. Narasimha Rao^[2] who was the 10th Prime Minister of India in the year of 1993.^[3] It took 23 years to be completed in a phased manner.^[4]

The section between Peddapalli and Karimnagar was completed and services were started in 2001. It took another 6 years to complete the stretch between Karimnagar and Jagityal. Passenger trains were extended till Jagityal from 2007. On 29 December 2016 upon the completion of railway tracks between Jagityal and Mortad, the DEMU trains were further extended till Morthad mandal of Nizamabad district and passenger trains began moving between Karimnagar–Morthad and Peddapalli–Jagityal.

After the fund allocation for the remaining section between Morthad and Nizamabad, the works were accelerated and within a year the Peddapalli–Nizamabad line via Karimnagar was ready for operations and the services began from 25 March 2017, it took 3.5 years to electrify the complete line, started in 2018 oct and completed in feb 2022.^[5] The overall stretch took nearly 24 years in total to complete along with single electric line.

In the near future, passengers can link to this line once the Kothapalli-Manoharabad line is complete, via Kothapalli (Karimnagar).^[6]

In October 2023, the Karimnagar-Nizamabad MEMU was extended up to Bodhan.^[7]

Stations[edit]

Peddapalli Junction (PDPL)
Sultanabad (STBD)
Karimnagar (KRMR)
Kothapalli(haveli) (KPHI)
Gangadhara (GDRA)
Podur (PUDR)
Mallial Nukapalli (NPML)
Lingampet–Jagityal(LPJL)
Medipalli (MDPLI)
Koratla (KRLA)
Metpally(MTPI)
Mortad (MRTD)
Anksapur (AKSP)
Armoor (ARMR)
Mamidipalle (MMDPL)
Nizamabad Junction (NZB)

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Electrification[edit]

Single line electrification is completed between Peddapalli and Lingampet Jagityal section (83 km) under Phase 1 Construction completed in March 2019. Phase 2 from Lingampet Jagityal till Nizamabad is under construction.

Markings are completed . Poles laying work started in 2020.

Morthad to Nizamabad Electrification CRS is done on 24th of February, 2022 which is 45 kms distance, with this, Peddapalli - Nizamabad Railway Line Section is single electrified line which is 177 kms distance.

Passenger trains[edit]

Tirupati–Karimnagar–Tirupati Biweekly SF Express (12761/12762)
Kacheguda–Peddapalli Junction–Kacheguda DEMU Express Special (07793/07794)
Karimnagar–Sirpur Town–Karimnagar MEMU Express Special (07765/07766)
Nizamabad–Karimnagar–Nizamabad MEMU Express Special (07893/07894)
Dadar Central–Kazipet Junction–Dadar Central Special Fare Special Express (07195/07196)

References[edit]

^ "Surveys" (PDF). South Central Railway, Indian Railways. 24 July 2015. p. 1. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "P V Narasimha Rao's projects in North Telangana neglected". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "Peddapalli–Nizamabad rail services soon". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "23-year wait for railway line ends - The Hindu". The Hindu. 23 March 2017.
^ "23-year wait for railway line ends". The Hindu. 23 March 2017.
^ "Rs 4,418 crore sanctioned for rail projects across Telangana". The Times of India. 4 February 2023.
^ "Four train services extended, to be flagged off from Telangana on October 9 - the New Indian Express".
^ "Indian Railways Map - Railway Enquiry".

External links[edit]

[project-1] "Surveys" (PDF). South Central Railway, Indian Railways. 24 July 2015. p. 1. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[2] "P V Narasimha Rao's projects in North Telangana neglected". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

[hindu-3] "Peddapalli–Nizamabad rail services soon". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

[4] "23-year wait for railway line ends - The Hindu". The Hindu. 23 March 2017.

[5] "23-year wait for railway line ends". The Hindu. 23 March 2017.

[6] "Rs 4,418 crore sanctioned for rail projects across Telangana". The Times of India. 4 February 2023.

[7] "Four train services extended, to be flagged off from Telangana on October 9 - the New Indian Express".

[8] "Indian Railways Map - Railway Enquiry".

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v t e South Central Railway
Administration	Ministry of Railways Rail Nilayam
History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Divisions	Hyderabad Nanded Secunderabad
Sections / Branch lines	Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section Secunderabad–Dhone section Nallapadu–Nandyal section
Railway stations	Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana
Subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification
Institutes	Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
Transits	Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System
See also	Rail transport in India