Secunderabad–Manmad is an important railway line connecting the states of

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 ...

and

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 ...

. It is administered by

South Central Railway 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 ...

and was formerly known as ''Hyderabad–Manmad railway line'' (built by NGSR) and ''Godavari Valley railway'' for some period. , this line is single broad gauged, and electrification is under progress. In March 2023, South Central Railway announced the electrification of an additional 75 km on the line (Nizamabad-Kamareddy and Jankampet-Basar) The line starts at and ends at and has around 85 railway stations between them. The major stations on the route are Secunderabad,

Kamareddy Kamareddy is a city and headquarters of the Kamareddy district in Telangana state in India. It is located about north of the state capital Hyderabad, from Nizamabad and from Karimnagar. Geography Kamareddy is located at . It covers an a ...

, Nizamabad, Basar,

Mudkhed Mudkhed is a city and a municipal council in Nanded District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. well known for Flower merchants. Demographics Transport Mudkhed Junction as in 2010 is the junction of three railway lines. A Broad gauge li ...

Nanded Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the List of cities in Maharashtra, tenth largest city in the state and the List of cities in India by population, seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in ...

Purna : Purna is a town with a municipal council in the Parbhani district of Maharashtra, India. Geography Purna is located at . It has an average elevation of . Purna is situated in the Maharashtra state of India. Demographics India census, Purna ...

Parbhani Parbhani (, ) is a city in Maharashtra state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Parbhani District. Parbhani is one of the largest cities in Marathwada region. Parbhani is around away from regional headquarters of Aurangabad w ...

, Selu, Partur, Jalna,

Aurangabad Aurangabad (), officially renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a ...

, Nagarsol and Manmad.

History

The

Nizam of Hyderabad Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I wh ...

ruled over the

Deccan The Deccan is a plateau extending over an area of and occupies the majority of the Indian peninsula. It stretches from the Satpura and Vindhya Ranges in the north to the northern fringes of Tamil Nadu in the south. It is bound by the mount ...

region from the 18th century and under his reign, the railway line between

Secunderabad Secunderabad () is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South ...

and

Manmad Manmad ( ənmaːɖ is a town in Nashik district in Maharashtra, India. It is the third largest city in Nashik district, with a population of approximately 80,000. Geographically, the town lies within Nandgaon Tehsil in Nashik District. Though ...

was constructed in 1905 by the

Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (NGSR) was a railway company operating in India from 1883 to 1950. The company began with a line built privately by the HEH, the Nizam, which was owned and operated by the company under a guarantee from the Hy ...

. The Secunderabad-Mudkhed portion of the line was approved for doubling in 2023.

Operations

The maximum and average operational speed of an express train from Secunderabad Jn. to Manmad Jn.

Intermediate branch lines

Passing trains

Some of the trains that pass from this line are

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Secunderabad-Manmad line Rail transport in Maharashtra * 5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India Rail transport in Telangana Railway lines opened in 1905 Transport in Manmad 1905 establishments in India Transport in Secunderabad

History

Operations

Intermediate branch lines

Passing trains

See also

References