Nandyal–Yerraguntla section connects of

Nandyal district Nandyal district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with Nandyal as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 4 April 2022 to become one of the resultant 26 districts. It is part of the Rayalaseema region. The district ...

and Yerraguntla of

Kadapa district YSR Kadapa district is one of the twenty six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In the 2022 reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh districts, the district boundary was largely restricted to the Kadapa parliamentary constituency area. ...

in the Indian state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. Further, this section converges with Nallapadu–Nandyal section at Nandyal. It is administered under Guntakal railway division of

South Central Railway zone South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka. It has three divisions under its administration, wh ...

, except the Nandyal railway station which is under

Guntur railway division Guntur railway division is one of the six divisions of the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. The division was sanctioned in 1995–96 and was fully operational on 1 April 2003, with its headquarters at Guntur. The ''Rail Vikas Bhavan ...

. The total length of the section extends to a length of . Banaganapalle, Koilakuntla,

Jammalamadugu Jammalamadugu is a town in Municipality and Revenue Division in YSR Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is in Jammalamadugu mandal of Jammalamadugu revenue division. It has many old historical sites and one of the top to ...

and

Proddatur Proddatur, natively known as Proddaturu, is a city in the YSR Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh, located on the banks of the Penna River. The city is a municipality, and also the mandal headquarters of Proddatur mandal. It is the second-largest ...

are the major towns through which the line passes.

History

The railway section was sanctioned in the year 1996–97. It was commissioned on 23 August 2016 and total project was completed at a cost of .

Train services

At present daily 3 pairs of Trains services operating in this section along with Freight Trains * 07285 HX - NDL Passenger * 17216 DMM - BZA Express * 17262 Tpty - GNT Express

References

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