Guntakal railway station

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.HistoryDuring 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 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.ElectrificationThe Electrification of Guntakal-Renigunta Section of 310 Route Km's completed in 2013. The Electrification of Guntakal-Bangalore Section of 293 Route Km's completed in 2016. The Electrification of Guntakal-Wadi Section of 228 Route Km's completed in 2017. The Electrification of Guntakal-Guntur Section of 430 Route Km's is in under active process till now 234 Route Km's has been electrified in first phase. Phase 1 Consist of 165 Route Km between Nallapadu-Cumbum and 69 Route Km's of Guntakal-Dhone Section till now electrified.ShedsDiesel 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.