Draft:Charlapalli railway station

Charlapalli railway station(station code: CHZ) is one of the four Central Stations in Hyderabad City of Telangana in India. It is currently operated by the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station was developed to reduced the load on the other three major terminals which are saturated with heavy moment of trains and passenger and to create wider connectivity for the state to other cities.

Development
The station was developed at a cost of 430 crores. The station has VIP lounges, food courts, escalators and air conditioning waiting rooms. According to railways officials It was one of the second air-conditioned railway terminal in South India. It was also first green field project for Indian railways to construct a world class terminal. This is the first railway station in the South Central Railway zonelto be developed as a world class futuristic railway station and second in south india after Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru railway station.