Kazipet Junction railway station

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Kazipet
Indian Railway Junction Station
Main entrance Kazipet.JPG
Main entrance of Kazipet railway station
Location Main Road, Kazipet
India
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Elevation 292 metres (958 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by South Central Railway
Line(s) Kazipet-Hyderabad section
Kazipet-Vijayawada section
Kazipet-Nagapur section
Platforms 3
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code KZJ
Division(s) Secunderabad
History
Opened Between 1874 and 1889
Location
Kazipet railway station is located in Telangana
Kazipet railway station
Kazipet railway station
Location in Telangana

Kazipet railway station is located in Warangal district of Telangana and serves Kazipet.

History

With the completion of the Kazipet-Balharshah link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.[1]

The Wadi-Secunderabad line was built in 1874 with financing by the Nizam of Hyderabad. It later became part of Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. In 1889, the main line of the Nizam’s Guaranteed State Railway was extended to Vijayawada, then known as Bezwada.[2]

As of 1909, "From Wadi on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway runs east to Warangal and then south-east towards Bezwada on the East Coast section of the Madras Railway."[3]

Electrification

The Dornakal-Kazipet sector was electrified in 1988-89, the Kazipet-Ramagundam sector in 1987-88 and the Kazipet-Secunderabad sector in 1991-93.[4]

Amenities

Kazipet railway station has computerized reservation counters, retiring room, waiting room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshments and book stall.[5]

Economy

Coal freight from Singareni, Kothagudem, Bellampalli and Balharshah mines account for around 40 per cent of the goods traffic handled by the railways in the Kazipet-Balharshah sector.[6]

Wagon Manufacturing Unit

Central government to set up a wagon manufacturing factory at Kazipet[7]

Loco sheds

Kazipet diesel loco shed houses WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDG-3A and WDG-4 locos. Opened in 2006, Kazipet electric loco shed houses 150+ WAG-7 locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Kazipet.[8]

References

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  6. Economic History of Hyderabad State: Warangal Suba, 1911-1950, by V.Ramakrishna Reddy, p. 582<
  7. Wagon Railyway Production
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External links

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