Rail Nilayam

Rail Nilayam
రైల్ నిలయం
Rail Nilayam, lit up with the Indian tricolor on the 67th Independence Day
Rail Nilayam is located in Hyderabad
Rail Nilayam
Location in Hyderabad
Rail Nilayam is located in Telangana
Rail Nilayam
Rail Nilayam is located in India
Rail Nilayam
Location in India
Alternative namesRail Nilayam, Secunderabad
General information
StatusFunctioning
AddressS Central Railway, Rail Nilayam Colony, Secunderabad, Telangana 500071
Town or cityHyderabad, Telangana
CountryIndia
Coordinates17°26′19″N 78°30′39″E / 17.4386004°N 78.5108461°E / 17.4386004; 78.5108461
Opened1972; 52 years ago (1972)
OwnerGovernment of India
Website
scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C283

Rail Nilayam is a landmark building in Hyderabad that is the zonal headquarters of the South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[1] It is located near the Marredpally neighbourhood of Secunderabad, Telangana, India.

The Office of General Manager, SCR Zone is located on the premises of this building. Apart from the GM, all top officials and department heads from various divisions of the SC Railway zone sit in this building.[2] Rail Nilayam is the foremost policy-making body that takes all decisions pertaining to the functioning and operation in the SCR railway division.

The Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering & Telecommunications (IRISET), a premier centralised training institute on Indian Railways that imparts training in railway signalling & telecommunications is also located here.[3]

  1. ^ "About Us - South Central Railway". SCR.
  2. ^ "Thermal scanners at Secunderabad railway station". The Hindu. 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ India, The Hans (12 March 2020). "Secunderabad: IRISET gets new Director General". www.thehansindia.com.