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.
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1. | Number of Divisions | 06 |
2. | Number of States covered | 06 |
3. | Number of stations | 704 |
4. | Originating Earnings 2016-17 (` in crores) | 12140.69 |
5. | Apportioned Earnings 2016-17 (` in crores) | 14583.73 |
6. | No.of Originating Passengers 2016-17 (in millions) | 375.790 |
7. | Originating Loading 2016-17 (in million Tonnes) | 96.83 |
8. | Operating Ratio 2016-17 | 86.36 |
9. | Punctuality 2016-17 (in percentage) | 96 |
10. | Number of passenger Trains run daily: Mail / Express trains
Passenger Trains MMTS Trains |
736 261
357
118 |
11. | Staff Strength | Sanctions | Actual |
98,594 | 83,683 |
| Broad Guage | Meter Guage | Total |
Route | Running | Route | Running | Route | Running |
Secunderabad | 1490.859 | 2277.422 | -- | -- | 1490.859 | 2277.422 |
Vijayawada | 958.926 | 1642.160 | -- | -- | 958.926 | 1642.160 |
Guntakal | 1451.641 | 2123.861 | -- | -- | 1451.641 | 2123.861 |
Guntur | 629.516 | 660.992 | - | -- | 629.516 | 660.992 |
Hyderabad | 651.614 | 678.434 | -- | -- | 651.614 | 678.434 |
Nanded | 809.865 | 825.805 | 175.930 | 175.930 | 985.795 | 1001.735 |
Total | 5992.421 | 8208.674 | 175.930 | 175.930 | 6168.351 | 8384.604 |
