Ghatkesar railway station

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Ghatkesar
Indian Railway Station
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General information
Location Ghatkesar, Telangana
India
Coordinates 17°27′10″N78°40′42″E / 17.452874°N 78.678258°E / 17.452874; 78.678258
Elevation477.14 m above the sea level
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth Central Railway
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingYes (Available)
Other information
StatusWorking
Station codeGT
Zone(s) South Central Railway
Division(s) Secundrabad
History
ElectrifiedYes
Location
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Ghatkesar
Location in Telangana
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Ghatkesar
Location in India

Ghatkesar (station code:GT), where, Ghat means Mountains and Kesar (Keseri) means Saffron of Persia, this is also a railway station located in Ghatkesar town, Medchal district on Secunderabad-Bibinagar line, which falls under South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad division. Ghatkesar is considered to be the capital suburbs of Hyderabad. The Ghatkesar Railway Station is serviced for 18 trains daily. Most of these services pass through the station. The KazipetSecunderabad and TenaliGunturSecunderabad which passes through the station

Services

Passenger train services from Secunderabad to Guntur and Kajipetta division MEMU, DEMU, Passenger service starts from Bhongiri railway Station to Falaknuma railway station

Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase II work is nearing completion which will connect this Capitol suburbs with rest of the city over railway network. [1] [2]

Now Ghat Keseri station has four platforms and Quadru tracks to Secunderabad for operation of the MMTS Dedicated Corridor. It is a terminal end point of MMTS Phase two, and later extended to Yadhadhiri in the future pilgrimages.

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References

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