SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY & ITs DIVISIONS
South Central Railway was formed on 02-10-1966 when Hubli and Vijayawada Divisions of Southern Railway and Sholapur and Secunderabad Divisions of Central Railway were carved out and merged into a new Zone. Subsequently, Guntakal Division of Southern Railway was merged with South Central Railway on 02-10-1977 and Sholapur Division was remerged with Central Railway. Secunderabad Division was split into two Divisions viz. Secunderabad and Hyderabad on 17-02-1978. Following reorganisation of zones and Divisions with effect from 01-04-2003, two new Divisions viz., Guntur and Nanded were operationalised duly transferring Hubli Division to newly formed South Western Railway.
Presently S.C. Railway has 6 Divisions, viz, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded. South Central Railway predominantly serves the state of Andhra Pradesh,Telangana and Maharashtra and to a limited extent, portions of Karnataka, Tamilnadu & Madhya Pradesh states.
1 | Number of Divisions | 06 |
| 2. | Number of States covered | 06 |
| 3. | Number of stations | 701 |
| 4. | Originating Revenue (₹. in crores) | 2020-21 | 9907.85 |
2021-22 Q1 | 3008.79 |
| 5. | Apportioned Revenue (₹. in crores) | 2020-21 | 10811.38 |
2021-22 Q1 | 3671.62 |
| 6. | No. of Originating Passengers (in millions) | 2020-21 | 24.270 |
2021-22 Q1 | 10.69 |
| 7. | Originating Loading (in million tonne) | 2020-21 | 95.91 |
2021-22 Q1 | 28.636 |
| 8. | Operating Ratio (in percentage) | 2020-21 | 101.25 |
2021-22 Q1 | 114.73 |
| 9. | Punctuality (in percentage) | 2020-21 | 94 |
2021-22 Q1 | 95 |
| 10. | Average number of passenger trains run daily (2021-22 in Q1): Mail / Express trains Passenger Trains MMTS Trains | 272 262 0 10 |
| 11. | Staff Strength (as on 01.07.2021) | Sanctions | Actual |
95222 | 79193 |
Division-wise Route & Running Kilometerage (as on 01.04.2021):
Division | BG | MG | Total |
Route | Running | Route | Running | Route | Running |
Secunderabad | 1556.689 | 2405.722 | -- | -- | 1556.689 | 2405.722 |
Vijayawada | 1060.926 | 1907.543 | -- | -- | 1060.926 | 1907.543 |
Guntakal | 1451.641 | 2232.527 | -- | -- | 1451.641 | 2232.527 |
Guntur | 675.366 | 773.179 | -- | -- | 675.366 | 773.179 |
Hyderabad | 694.162 | 779.131 | -- | -- | 694.162 | 779.131 |
Nanded | 855.405 | 937.546 | 130.390 | 130.120 | 985.795 | 1067.666 |
Total | 6294.189 | 9035.648 | 130.390 | 130.120 | 6424.579 | 9165.768 |
