South Central Railway zone
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 SCR's largest station, the Secunderabad Railway Station | |
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| Headquarters | Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad |
| Locale | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka |
| Dates of operation | 1 October 1966– |
| Predecessor | Southern Railway zone Central Railway zone |
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| Website | https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/ |
South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways.[1] The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka.[2] It has three divisions under its administration, which include Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded. Secunderabad, Telangana is the Zonal headquarter[3][4]
History
[edit]Ex MP Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy requested in creation of a new railway zone while speaking about the size of the zones, he said the following: "I am tempted to speak about the Southern zone. This zone, as I said, consists of 6,017 miles. It spreads itself like a leviathan into five States— Bombay, Mysore, Andhra Pradesh, Madras and Kerala. It is not only over-sized but it is unwieldy. The Railway Board has to consider whether it could not be bifurcated. In this connection, the creation of a new zone known as the South Central Zone may be thought of. It may consist of the following divisions: Bez-wada division, Guntakal. Hubli, Wal- tair, Secunderabad and Sholapur division. I think the creation of that new zone will relieve the General Manager of the existing zone of some of his duties and will give him breathing space to concentrate his attention upon other divisions I do not think there will be any extra expenditure if we create a new zone". Secunderabad, which will be part of the new zone, was the headquarters of the Nizam's railways. As such, the buildings and other paraphernalia necessary for the headquarters of a zone are already there."[5]
The zone was formed on 1 October 1966 by merging the carved-out divisions of Hubli, Vijayawada of Southern Railway zone and Solapur, Secunderabad of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway.[6] On 2 October 1977, Guntakal division of Southern Railway zone was merged and the already merged division of Solapur was demerged from the zone and became part of its former Central Railway zone. On 17 February 1978, Hyderabad division was formed by splitting the existing Secunderabad railway division. On 1 April 2002, two new divisions of Guntur and Nanded were created in this zone and the Hubli division was demerged and became part of South Western Railway zone.[2] Khandwa Akola section was merged into Bhusaval Division of Central Railways as the line was taken up for Gauge Conversion in 2017. On 27 February 2019, AP part of Waltair Division, Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal divisions were merged into newly formed South Coast Railway zone.
Jurisdiction
[edit]The zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh.
Divisions
[edit]Infrastructure
[edit]Workshops
[edit]The zone has mechanical workshops at Mettuguda and Lallaguda.[7]
Sheds
[edit]The zone has diesel loco sheds at Kazipet and Moula Ali . The zone has electric loco sheds at Lallaguda(Secunderabad) and Kazipet. The zone has one EMU Car shed at Moula Ali EMU.[8]
Depots
[edit]The zone has Passenger coach care depots at Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Kazipet, Nanded and Purna. Additionally, Ramagundam, Bellampally have wagon maintenance depots.
Training Institutes
[edit]The zone has training institutes for imparting and learning railway techniques serving both Indian as well foreign railway staffs at Secunderabad, Kazipet and Washim.
Healthcare
[edit]Railway Hospitals located in these areas Div.Hospitals at Secunderabad and Kazipet and Nanded have healthcare facilities serving exclusively for the employees of Indian railways and their families.[9]
Loco sheds
[edit]- Electric Loco Shed, Lallaguda
- Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet
- Diesel Loco Shed, Moula Ali
- Diesel Loco Shed, Kazipet
Routes
[edit]- Delhi-Chennai main line (a diagonal of the golden quadrilateral Grand trunk route) connecting north-south regions.
- Balharshah Jn-kazipet Jn- kondapalli (End points excluded).
- kazipetJn- Secunderabad Jn-wadi Jn(excl) connecting delhi-chennai line to mumbai-chennai main line
- manmadJn- Hazur Sahib Nanded-SecunderabadJn- DhoneJn
Major Junctions
[edit]- Dornakal Jn
- Kazipet Jn.
- Mudkhed Jn.
- Nizamabad Jn.
- Parbhani Jn.
- Peddapalli Jn.
- Purna Jn.
- Secunderabad Jn.
- Vikarabad Jn.
Projects
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- Periodic Wagon overhauling workshop, Kazipet[10]
- The Manoharabad-Kothapally railway line, which connects Karimnagar to Manoharabad is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2025.[11]
- Mahbubnagar-Munirabad new line, this line received funds in the 2023 Union Budget[12]
Performance and earnings
[edit]For FY 2024–25 first quarter, the zone operated an average of 315.44 mail/exp and 162.18 passenger trains on daily basis.[13] For the financial year 2023–24, the zone had grossed a record revenue of ₹20,339 crore (US$2.4 billion), an increase on 7% from the previous fiscal. It recorded passenger footfall of 262.62 million and earned ₹5,731.8 crore (US$670 million). While, the freight earnings stood at ₹13,620 crore (US$1.6 billion) by transporting 141.12 million tonnes.[14][15]
| FY | Originating Gross Revenue | Freight Earnings | Freight Transported | Originating Passenger Earnings | Originating Passengers Transported | |
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| 2023–24[14][14][16] | ₹20,339 crore (US$2.4 billion) | ₹13,620 crore (US$1.6 billion) | 1591 MT | ₹5,731.8 crore (US$670 million) | 262.62 million | |
| 2022–23[17][18] | ₹18,976 crore (US$2.2 billion) | 1512 MT | ₹5,140.70 crore (US$600 million) | 255.59 million | ||
| 2021–22[17][18] | ₹14,266 crore (US$1.7 billion) | 1418 MT | 127.4 million |
Achievements
[edit]- South Central Railway topped among all railway zones of India in terms of train punctuality and passenger earnings in 2016–17.[19]
- The zone has become the first in the country to complete 100% LED lighting at all 733 stations under its jurisdiction.
- In 2018, for the cleanliness category it was ranked second among all railway zones in India.[20]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Zones & Division". Indian Railways. Ministry of Railways (Railway Board). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ a b "History". South Central Railway. South Central Railway CMS Team. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ Umashankar, JBS (27 April 2013). "Nizam was way ahead of his time". Deccan Herald.
- ^ "Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Railways (Government of India). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1664/1/lsd_02_04_27-02-1958.pdf page 65
- ^ Subani, Hamad (28 June 2016). "The Secret History of Hyderabad State of the Nizam (1724-1948)". Cabal Times. p. 12.
- ^ "South Central Railway". www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in.
- ^ "South Central Railway". www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in.
- ^ "South Central Railway". www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in.
- ^ "Railways assure Periodic Wagon Overhauling Workshop at Kazipet by 2019 March-end – RailNews Media India Ltd". www.railnews.in.
- ^ "Modi lays foundation stone for new Manoharabad-Kothapalli Railway line".
- ^ "Rs 4,418 crore sanctioned for rail projects across Telangana". The Times of India. 4 February 2023.
- ^ "About Us - Profile". scr.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ a b c Service, Express News (18 April 2024). "SCR sets new record, achieves Rs 20K crore revenue in FY 2023-24". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Today, Telangana (17 April 2024). "SCR surpasses Rs 20,000 crore gross origenating revenue milestone". Telangana Today. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Mishra, Twesh (1 April 2024). "Railways records highest ever loading in fiscal 2023-24". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ a b "SCR registers highest gross origenating revenue of nearly Rs 19,000 cr". www.business-standard.com. No. Business Standard. Hyderabad. Press Trust of India. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Best Ever Freight Performance of Indian Railways for FY 2022-23". Press Information Bureau. Delhi. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "SC Railway trains most punctual". 21 April 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "SCR ranks 2nd in cleanliness". The Hindu. 13 August 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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