Kazipet Junction railway station

Kazipet junction railway station is located in Warangal Urban district of Telangana It acts as a Junction point for Secunderabad, Peddapalli and Dornakal Junctions.HistoryWith the completion of the Kazipet-Balharshah link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.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.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."ElectrificationThe Dornakal-Kazipet sector was electrified in 1988-89, the Kazipet-Peddapalli sector in 1987-88 and the Kazipet-Secunderabad sector in 1991-93.AmenitiesKazipet railway station has computerized reservation counters, retiring room, waiting room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshments and book stall.EconomyCoal freight from Singareni, Kothagudem, Ramagundam, Bellampalli and Balharshah mines account for around 40 per cent of the goods traffic handled by the railways in the Kazipet-Balharshah sector.DevelopmentsA new railway line has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs between and Kazipet. The new line will be passing through Warangal, Peddapalli, Mancherial and Asifabad districts in Telangana, and through Chandrapur in Maharashtra. This will facilitate both the passenger traffic and goods movement that include cement, coal and food.