Guntakal Junction railway station

Guntakal Junction గుంతకల్లు జంక్షన్ गुंतकल जंक्शन
Indian Railway Junction Station
File:Guntakal Junction 3.JPG Guntakal Junction railway station
Location	Guntakal, Andhra Pradesh India
Coordinates
Elevation	453.000 metres (1,486.220 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South Central Railway
Line(s)	Guntakal-Chennai line Guntakal-Mumbai section Guntakal-Bangalore section Guntakal-Vasco da Gama section Vijayawada-Guntakal line
Platforms	6
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	GTL
Division(s)	Guntakal
History
Opened	1872
Electrified	Yes
Location
Guntakal railway station Location in Andhra Pradesh

Guntakal Junction railway station is located in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and serves Guntakal. It is a junction station at the intersection point of the Mumbai-Chennai line, the Vijayawada-Margao line and the Guntakal-Bengaluru line.

History

During the period 1861-1871 Madras Railway extended its Chennai-Arakonnam line to Raichur to join the Great Indian Peninsula Railway line, thereby linking Mumbai and Chennai with a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge line in 1871.

During 1888 to 1890 Southern Mahratta Railway developed a metre gauge line from Vijayawada to Margao, passing through Guntakal.

The Guntakal-Bangalore line was opened in 1892-93. The metre gauge Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Railway was opened in 1893. It was operated by Southern Mahrata Railway.

Electrification

The 223 km long Nandalur-Guntakal sector was electrified by 2012. As of 2014. electrification work in the Wadi-Guntakal sector, the Hospet-Guntakal sector and the 641 km now electrification completed up to guntakal. all the express trains are running with traction locos from chennai to guntakal.

Sheds

Guntakal diesel loco shed was started as a metre gauge shed but after gauge conversions in Guntakal and Hubli divisions a broad gauge shed was opened in 1995. It houses WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D and WDG-3A locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Guntakal. Since after overhaul with Electric Traction, it also holds Electric Loco.

Junction

The Guntakal Railway Station is a junction of tracks from 5 directions to Guntakal:

• Guntakal-Guntur-Vijayawada-Howrah/New Delhi.
• Guntakal-Ballari-Hubli-Vaso Da Gama.
• Guntakal-Dharmavarm-Banglore/Tirupati.
• Guntakal-Renigunta-Chennai.
• Guntakal-Pune-Mumbai.

Classification

Guntakal Junction is classified as an A–category station in the Guntakal railway division.

Other stations

• Guntakal west Railway Station
• Guntakal Bypass Railway Station
• Timmanacherla Railway Station
• Hanuman Circle Railway Station

Amenities

• Guntakal Junction railway station has computerized reservation counters, waiting room, retiring room, non-vegetarian refreshment stall, light refreshment stall, tea stall and book stall.
• Guntakal junction has 6 Platforms and each can handle a train with more than 24 Coaches . Daily 55 pairs of passenger trains passing through this junction and having halt more than 15 minutes .

External links

• Trains at Guntakal

Preceding station		Indian Railways		Following station
Nancherla		South Central Railway zone Mumbai-Chennai line		Timmanacherla
Mallappa Gate		South Central Railway zone Vijayawada-Margao line		West Guntakal
Terminus		South Central Railway zone Guntakal-Bengaluru line		Hanuman