Peddapalli-Karimnagar-Nizamabad railway line
| Peddapalli-Nizamabad Line | |
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| Overview | |
| System | Diesel (Electrification in progress) |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Telangana |
| Termini |
Nizamabad Railway Station Peddapalli Railway Station |
| Stations | ~16 |
| Services |
Delhi-Chennai line Secunderabad-Manmad section |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 25 March 2017 |
| Owner | Indian Railway |
| Operator(s) | South Central Railway Zone (India) |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 177 km |
| Track gauge | Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Peddapalli-Nizamabad Railway Line is a single broad gauge railway line in the Indian state of Telangana. It connects Nizamabad city (Hyderabad Division)of Nizamabad District to Peddapalli town (Secunderabad Division) of Peddapalli District under South Central Railway zone. It reduces the distance between North Telangana Cities Nizamabad-Karimnagar-Warangal (262 km) when compared to present running route of Nizamabad-Secunderabad-Warangal(303 km).
Peddapalli Railway station is located on Kazipet-Balharshah section of Delhi-Chennai line which is known as Grand Trunk(G.T) line while Nizamabad Railway Station is located on Secunderabad-Manmad railway line.
Peddapalli-Karimnagar-Nizamabad railway line (177 km) was sanctioned by the Late Shri.P.V. Narasimha Rao who was the 10th Prime Minister of India in the year of 1993. It took 23 years to be completed in a phased manner.
The section between Peddapalli and Karimnagar was completed and train services were started in 2001. It took another 6 years to complete the stretch between Karimnagar and Jagityal and passenger trains were extended till Jagityal from 2007. On 29 December 2016 upon the completion of railway tracks between Jagityal and Morthad, the demu trains were further extended till Morthad mandal of Nizamabad district and passenger trains began moving between Karimnagar-Morthad and Peddapalli-Jagityal. After the fund allocation for the remaining section between Morthad and Nizamabad, the works were accelerated and within an year the Peddapalli-Nizamabad line via Karimnagar was ready for operations and the services began from 25 March 2017.
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