Structure type Standard on ground Opened 1872 | Parking Yes Elevation 453 m Platforms in use 6 | |
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Line(s) Guntakal-Chennai lineGuntakal-Solapur sectionGuntakal-Bangalore sectionGuntakal-Vasco da Gama sectionGuntakal-Vijayawada section Similar Dhone Junction railway st, Kacheguda railway station, Tirupati railway station, Gooty Junction railway st, Renigunta Junction railway st | ||
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.
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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/Tirupati to guntakal.
Sheds
Diesel Loco Shed, Guntakal 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 , WDG-3A ,WDG-3A and WDP4 locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Guntakal. Since after overhaul with Electric Traction, indian railways also sanctioned Electric Loco shed.
Junction
The Guntakal Railway Station is a junction of tracks from 5 directions to Guntakal:
Classification
Guntakal Junction is classified as an A–category station in the Guntakal railway division.