Peddapalli Junction railway station

Peddapalli Junction
Indian Railway Station
Location Peddapalli, Karimnagar District, Telangana
India
Coordinates 18°36′49″N 79°23′32″E / 18.6137°N 79.3921°E / 18.6137; 79.3921Coordinates: 18°36′49″N 79°23′32″E / 18.6137°N 79.3921°E / 18.6137; 79.3921
Elevation 230 metres (750 ft)
Line(s)

New Delhi-Chennai Main Line

Peddapalli-Nizamabad
Platforms 2
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code PDPL
Fare zone South Central Railway

Peddapalli Junction is a railway station that serves Peddapalli town of Karimnagar District in state of Telangana, India. It is under the administration of Secunderabad Railway Division of South Central Railway. The station is located on New Delhi-Chennai Main Line that connects North and South India, and also serves as the junction point for Kazipet Junction, Nizamabad Junction and Balharshah Junction.[1]

History

The railway line between Kazipet and Balharshah was completed in 1929, which made Chennai to directly link to Delhi.[2] Peddapalli-Nizamabad railway line (177 km) was sanctioned by P.V. Narasimha Rao,[3] 10th Prime Minister of India in the year of 1994.[4] Peddapalli-Karimnagar railway line was completed and train services began in 2001 and later on Karimnagar-Jagityal line was completed and demu services were started in 2007.

Layout and services

The station is situated on Delhi-Chennai Line which is Broad Gauge Double Electrified. And the line that passes towards Nizamabad runs on Diesel Locos, where it meets Secunderabad-Manmad section. The station is served by 22 trains every day and 14 non-daily trains. Most of the trains halting or passing through this station are bound for New Delhi. As of February 2016, there aren't any trains that directly connect Peddapalli to Nizamabad as the line is in its final stages of construction in Nizamabad city area. However the services run upto Jagityal on Nizamabad-Peddapalli line. The SCR DM has said that the line would be ready by March 2016 and would be fully operational by September the same year.

Train number Train name Origin Destination
12721/22 Dakshin Superfast Hyderabad Hazrat Nizamuddin
12861 Visakhapatnam-H.Nizamuddin Link SF Express Visakhapatnam Hazrat Nizamuddin
17233/34 Bhagyanagar Express Secunderabad Balharshah Junction
22415/16 Andhra Pradesh AC SF Visakhapatnam New Delhi
12761/62 Karimnagar - Tirupati SF Express Karimnagar Tirupati
12791/92 Secunderabad-Danapur SF Secunderabad Danapur
16093/94 Gomtisagar Express Chennai Lucknow
77255 Karimnagar Sirpur DMU Karimnagar Sirpur
16031/32 Andaman Express Chennai Central Katra, Jammu & Kashmir
77258 Peddapalli - Jagityal Lingampet DMU Peddapalli Jagityal Lingampet

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