Secunderabad–Dhone section

Secunderabad–Dhone section is an electrified single-track railway section in Hyderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone. It connects Hyderabad of Telangana with Dhone in Andhra Pradesh.^[1][2] The section is a part of Train Collision Avoidance System.project^[3]

Secunderabad–Dhone section
Venkatadri Express is one of the daily running train in this section
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Termini	Secunderabad Junction Dhone Junction
Service
Services	Mahabubnagar-Munirabad line
Operator(s)	South Central Railway
History
Opened	1929; 96 years ago (1929)
Technical
Track length	295 km (183 mi)
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	Yes
Secunderabad–Dhone Section Map Legend km Solapur–Guntakal section 0 Secunderabad Junction Secunderabad–Manmad section Nagpur–Hyderabad line 7 Kacheguda 15 Falaknuma 19 NPA Shivram Pally 21 Budvel 28 Umdanagar 44 Timapur 46 Kottur 49 HBL Nagar 59 Shadnagar 69 Burgula 73 Balanagar 78 Rangareddy Guda 83 Rajapur 88 Gollapalli 95 Jadcherla 103 Divitipalli 109 Yenugonda 113 Mahbubnagar 116 Mahbubnagar Town Halt 127 Manyamkonda 131 Kotakadra 138 Devakadra Junction 152 Mariakal 166 Jaklair 180 Makthal 190 Maganur 198 Kunsi 204 Krishna on Solapur–Guntakal section 142 Dokur 148 Kaukuntla 153 Kurumurthi 162 Konnur 167 Wanaparti Road 173 Ajjakolu 176 Sri ramnagar 181 Arepalli halt 188 Gadwal to Solapur–Guntakal section 197 Poodoor 203 Peedadine 207 Itikyala 216 Valluru halt 220 Manopadu 234 Sri Bala Bramheswara Saglumba Halt 236 Alampur Road Telangana Andhra Pradesh bortder 244 Kurnool City 246 Kotla 255 Dupadu 266 Ulindakota 278 Veladurti 288 Bogolu Guntakal–Nandyal section 298 Dhone Junction Guntakal–Nandyal section km

History

This line construction was started in 1922 and completed in 1929 as a metre-gauge railway line during British era. This metre-gauge line was converted into broad-gauge railway line in between 1993 and 1998.^[1] As of March 2023, electrification is in progress from Gadwal to Kurnool.^[4][5] The doubling of this line was approved in 2023. ^[6]

Route

This route starts from Secunderabad Junction and passes through Mahbubnagar, Gadwal, Kurnool City and joins Dhone Junction.^[1]