Ramagundam railway station (station code: RDM) is a fourth grade non-suburban (NSG–4) category Indian railway station in Secunderabad 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 ...

. It serves the city of

Ramagundam Ramagundam is a city under Ramagundam Municipal Corporation, municipal corporation in Peddapalli district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It is the most populous city in the district and falls under t ...

in the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. It was selected as one of the 21 stations to be developed under ''Amrit Bharat Stations'' scheme.

History

With the completion of the Kazipet– Balharshah link in 1929,

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

was directly linked to

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. Mainly this station surroundings has urban population passengers crowd is huge to this station with surrounding towns are Godavarikhani, Manthani, and

Peddapalli Peddapalli is a town, Revenue Division and has a Railway Junction in Peddapalli District in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Peddapalli District and Peddapalli mandal. It is located about 197 kilometres (122 mi) ...

. It is known as the "Grand Trunk Line". Mostly this station have maximum train halts passing through this main line.

Electrification

The Balharshah–Ramagundam sector in 1987–88 was electrified. This station is famous for MGR (Merry go round) system i.e., goods or coal carriage trains continuously runs and overhauls at this station and it has a coach maintenance depot DM

Developments

A new railway line has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs between Balharshah and Kazipet on August 26, 2016. The new line is extremely useful from goods loading point of view with FCI at Jammikunta, Kesoram Cement at Raghavapuram, Thermal Power Stations and SCCL at

, and Cement Chandrapur in

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. This will facilitate both the passenger traffic and goods movement that include cement, coal and food. Survey for new route from

Manuguru Manuguru is a census town and mandal in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the Indian state of Telangana. It falls under the Mahaboobabad Parliamentary constituency and the Pinapaka Assembly constituency. Manuguru is an urban area situated on t ...

to Ramagundam is completed but waiting for budget allocation from central government.

References

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* Railway stations in Karimnagar district Railway stations in India opened in 1929 {{Telangana-railstation-stub