Guntakal railway division

Guntakal Railway Division
Guntakal Junction railway station signboard
Overview
HeadquartersGuntakal
Reporting markGTL
LocaleAndhra Pradesh, India
Dates of operation1956; 68 years ago (1956)
PredecessorSouth Coast Railway zone
Technical
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Previous gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electrification25 kV AC, 50 Hz
Length1,451.9 kilometres (902.2 mi)
Other
Websitewww.scr.indianrailways.gov.in

Guntakal Railway Division is one of the divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways.[1] [2] The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal. This division is second in terms of route kilometres after Secunderabad railway division.

Guntakal will be part of Visakhapatnam railway zone, as per the proposal in 2019.[3]

  1. ^ "South Central Railway Divisions". Portal of Indian Railways. South Central Railway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Guntakal division overview". Portal of Indian Railways. South Central Railway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Cabinet approves South Coast Railway zone". Press Information Bureau.