The South Central Railway is one of the 18 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It has three divisions under its administration, which include Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded. It was re-organized in 2019 and the divisions of Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal railway divisions were separated to form South Coast Railway zone. Secunderabad railway station is the current headquarter and Gajanan Mallya is the present general manager of the zone.
Tiruchanur is a suburb and neighbourhood of Tirupati and is located in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Tirupati urban agglomeration. It is the mandal headquarters of Tirupati (rural) mandal. It is a religious destination for Hindu pilgrims due to the presence of Padmavathi Temple. It falls in the jurisdictional limit of Tirupati Urban Development Authority.
Renigunta is a suburb and neighbourhood of Tirupati and is located in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Tirupati urban agglomeration. It is also the mandal headquarters of Renigunta mandal in Tirupati district. It also falls in the jurisdictional limit of Tirupati Urban Development Authority.
The Vijayawada–Gudur section is a railway line connecting Vijayawada in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Gudur. The main line is part of the Howrah–Chennai and New Delhi–Chennai main lines.
Tirupati railway station is a railway station located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves Tirupati and experiences a regular flow of tourists visiting the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in the Tirupati district. It is an environmentally friendly station, and has been awarded a Gold rating by the Indian Green Building Council. There are several railway stations that fall within the city limits of Tirupati, namely Yerpedu, Renigunta Junction, Tirupati West Halt, and Chandragiri railway station.
The Moore Market Complex–Tirupati MEMU is a MEMU passenger service belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between Moore Market Complex and Tirupati in India. It is currently being operated with 66015/66014 train numbers on a daily basis. It was announced in 2013 rail budget.
The Solapur–Guntakal section is part of the Mumbai–Chennai line. It connects Solapur in the Indian state of Maharashtra and Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh.
Guntakal Junction railway station is located in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and serves Guntakal. It is also the headquarters of Guntakal railway division in South Coast Railway. It is a junction station at the intersection point of the Mumbai–Chennai line, the Vijayawada–Marmagova line and the Guntakal–Bengaluru line.
Guntakal–Renigunta section connects Guntakal and Renigunta in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is administered under Guntakal railway division of South Central Railway zone. It has a total route length of 309.50 km (192.31 mi).
The Mumbai–Chennai line is a railway line connecting Chennai and Mumbai cutting across southern part of the Deccan Plateau. It covers a distance of 1,281 kilometres (796 mi) across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The Mumbai–Chennai line is a part of Diamond Quadrilateral.
Guntakal Railway Division is one of the three divisions of South Coast Railway zone (SCoR) of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal and its zonal headquarters is at Visakhapatnam. This division is second in terms of route kilometres after Secunderabad railway division.
Renigunta Junction railway station is a railway station located in Tirupati district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves Tirupati and its suburban areas in Tirupati district. People alight here to go to Tirupati for pilgrimage and it also has bus connection to various Tirupati temples from this Railway station. It is a major junction station with branch lines to Arakkonam Junction and Katpadi Junction via Tirupati Main.
Gooty Junction railway station is the primary railway station serving Gooty in Andhra Pradesh, India. The station comes under the jurisdiction of Guntakal division of South Coast Railways.
Dhone Junction railway station is the primary railway station serving Dhone in Andhra Pradesh, India. The station comes under the jurisdiction of Guntakal division of South Coast Railways. It is a biggest railway junction in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. The station has three platforms. The station is situated at junction of three lines branching towards Guntur, Kacheguda and Guntakal.
Tirupati West Halt railway station is located at Tirupati of Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves as the second station besides Tirupati main station under Guntakal railway division of South Coast Railway zone. It is a broad gauge electrified line.
Gudur–Renigunta section connects Gudur Junction and Renigunta Junction in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Further, this section connects Howrah–Chennai main line at Gudur and Guntakal–Renigunta section at Renigunta.
Yerraguntla Junction railway station, is the primary railway station serving Yerraguntla town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The station comes under the jurisdiction of Guntakal railway division of South Central Railway zone. A new railway line connecting Nandyal of Kurnool district commissioned recently
South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) has been announced as the newest railway zone of the Indian Railways and is headquartered at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The formal notification for operationalization of this Zone is yet to be issued.
Obulavaripalle–Krishnapatnam branch line is a railway section project in South Central Railway zone, which connects Obulavaripalle of Kadapa district and Krishnapatnam of Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Further, this section intersects Howrah–Chennai main line, Guntakal–Renigunta section and Nadikudi–Srikalahasti section. This section has a total length of 33.85 km (21.03 mi) and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. On 2 March 2014, Venkatachalam–Krishnapatnam part of the section was commissioned.
Annamayya district is one of the twenty-six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region formed from Rajampeta Parliamentary Constituency. Rayachoti is the district administrative headquarters and Madanapalle is the largest city in the district. The newly formed district has 64.53% literacy rate, which is lower than state literacy which stands at 67.35%.
Passenger train and Commuter rail station
