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OUR LEGACY

HYDERABAD DIVISION has inherited the erstwhile Nizam State Railway which was founded
in 1873 and amalgamated into the Indian Railways in 1952.

HISTORICAL EVENTS

 Inauguration of Nizam State Railway - 1873
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 Amalgamation into Indian Railways - 1 April, 1952
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 Formation of South Central Railway - 2 Oct,1966
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 Formation of Hyderabad Division - 17 Nov, 1977
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 Carving out of Nanded Division - 1 April, 2003

MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF HYDERABAD DIVISION

COMMISSIONING OF MG SECTIONS

S. No Section Year
1 Mudkhed – Secunderabad 1900
2 Secunderabad – Wanaparthi 1922
3 Wanaparthi – Gadwal 1922
4 Gadwal – Alampur Road 1925
5 Alampur Road – Kurnool Town 1928

6 Kurnool Town – Dronachalam 1909

GAUGE CONVERSION / DOUBLING

S. No Section KMs Date commissioned
1 Secunderabad-Falaknuma (UP) line 14 02.06.1993
2 Secunderabad-Bolarum (UP line) 14 10.06.1993
3 Secunderabad-Falaknuma (DN line) 14 24.06.1993
4 Falaknuma - Mahbubnagar 99 21.08.1993
5 Mahbubnagar - Dhone 184 31.03.1998
6 Mudkhed - Dharmabad 48 02.06.2002
Dharmabad - Nizamabad
7 60 03.10.2002
(including Jankampet - Bodhan)
8 Bolarum - Manoharabad 27 14.02.2004
9 Manoharabad - Nizamabad 120 07.02.2005
10 Secunderabad-Bolarum (DN line) 14 10.05.2006
11 Bolarum - Medchal (DN line) (Double line) 14 18.03.2019
12 Shadnagar – Gollapalli (DN Line) (Double line) 30 16.09.2020
13 Falaknuma – Umdanagar (DN Line) (Double Line) 14 26.03.2021
14 Umdanagar - Shadnagar (DN Line) (Double Line) 29 21.07.2021
15 Gollapalli – Divitipalli (DN Line) (Double Line) 15 30.03.2022
16 Divitipalli – Mahabubnagar (DN Line) (Double Line) 10 10.02.2022
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