Karimnagar railway station

Karimnagar railway station (station code KRMR) is a railway station in Karimnagar District Headquarters. It serves the city of Karimnagar in Telangana State, India. It comes under Secunderabad division of South Central Railway, opened in the year of 2001.

Overview
It is a single broad-gauge line located between Peddapalli–Nizamabad railway section connected to the Grand Trunk Route (Delhi-Chennai line) at Peddapalli (35 kilometres). Its neighborhood station is Kottapalli railway station. There is a new line of Kothapalli–Manoharabad, currently under construction. There is a Joulepoint EV charger adjacent to the station.

History


Karimnagar railway station's construction started in 1994 on the sanction of Peddapalli–Nizamabad line by P. V. Narasimha Rao, 10th prime minister of India. Peddapalli–Karimnagar (35 km) was laid between 1994 and 2001. Train service has been operational from year 2001 with the Karimnagar Peddapalli DEMU service, it was later extended to Sirpur town.

Karimnagar–Jagityal line was completed in 2007. Train service from Karimnagar Jagityal started in the year 2007. The Karimnagar Tirupati weekly express was inaugurated in October 2012; it received a good response, therefore the train frequency increased from weekly to biweekly in 2013. The Peddapalli-Nizamabad line was completed in 2017 providing direct access to Nizamabad from Karimnagar.

The Kothapalli-Manoharabad line is under construction. On June 29, 2022, the line received its first shipment of goods at Gajwel station. As of 2023, the line is completed up until Siddipet, with remaining distance to Kothapalli to be completed by 2025.

In 2023, construction work began at the railway station to add a second and third platform, part of the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, a modernization and expansion effort by the government.

In September 2023, the final location survey (FLS) for the Karimnagar-Hasanparthy new line was sanctioned by South Central Railways. The line will connect intermediate towns like Manakundur and Huzarabad on the rail map. Additionally, it will help support the granite industry of Karimnagar district by allowing shorter access to Kakinda Port.

In October 2023, the Karimnagar-Nizamabad MEMU was extended up to Bodhan.

Originating and passing trains

 * Tirupati–Karimnagar Superfast Express (12761) (Wed, Sat)
 * Karimnagar–Tirupati Superfast Express (12762) (Sun, Thur)
 * Karimnagar–Nizamabad DEMU (77260) (Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat)
 * Nizamabad–Karimnagar DEMU (77259) (Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri)
 * Karimnagar–Sirpur Town DEMU Daily (77255)
 * Sirpur Town–Karimnagar DEMU Daily (77256)
 * Jagityal–Peddapalli DEMU (77257) (Tue, Fri)
 * Peddapalli–Jagityal DEMU (77258) (Tue, Fri)
 * Kacheguda–Karimnagar Passenger Daily (57601)
 * Karimnagar–Kacheguda Passenger Daily (57602)
 * Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai–Karimnagar Superfast Express (11205) (Sat)
 * Karimnagar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai Superfast Express (11206) (Sun)
 * Tirupathi–Karimnager special (02761) (sun, tue, thu)