Guntakal Junction railway station
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Guntakal Junction
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Guntakal Junction railway station
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| Location | Guntakal, Andhra Pradesh India |
| Coordinates | 15°10′30″N 77°22′01″E / 15.175°N 77.367°ECoordinates: 15°10′30″N 77°22′01″E / 15.175°N 77.367°E |
| Elevation | 453.000 metres (1,486.220 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | South Central Railway |
| Line(s) |
Guntakal-Chennai line Guntakal-Solapur section Guntakal-Bangalore section Guntakal-Vasco da Gama section Guntakal-Vijayawada section |
| Platforms | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard on ground |
| Parking | Yes |
| Bicycle facilities | No |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | GTL |
| Division(s) | Guntakal |
| History | |
| Opened | 1872 |
| Electrified | Yes |
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Guntakal Junction railway station (station code:GTL) is located in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and serves Guntakal. It is a junction station at the intersection point of the Mumbai-Chennai line, the Vijayawada-Margao line and the Guntakal-Bengaluru line.
During the period 1861-1871 Madras Railway extended its Chennai-Arakonnam line to Raichur to join the Great Indian Peninsula Railway line, thereby linking Mumbai and Chennai with a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge line in 1871.
During 1888 to 1890 Southern Mahratta Railway developed a metre gauge line from Vijayawada to Margao, passing through Guntakal.
The Guntakal-Bangalore line was opened in 1892-93. The metre gauge Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Railway was opened in 1893. It was operated by Southern Mahrata Railway.
The Electrification of Guntakal-Renigunta Section of 310 Route Km's completed in 2013. The Electrification of Guntakal-Bangalore Section of 293 Route Km's completed in 2016. The Electrification of Guntakal-Wadi Section of 228 Route Km's completed in 2017. The Electrification of Guntakal-Guntur Section of 430 Route Km's is in under active process till now 234 Route Km's has been electrified in first phase. Phase 1 Consist of 165 Route Km between Nallapadu-Cumbum and 69 Route Km's of Guntakal-Dhone Section till now electrified.
Diesel Loco Shed, Guntakal was started as a metre gauge shed but after gauge conversions in Guntakal and Hubli divisions a broad gauge shed was opened in 1995. It houses WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D , WDG-3A ,WDG-3A and WDP4 locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Guntakal. Since after overhaul with Electric Traction, indian railways also sanctioned Electric Loco shed.
The Guntakal Railway Station is a junction of tracks from 5 directions to Guntakal:
Guntakal Junction is classified as an A–category station in the Guntakal railway division.
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