Dharmavaram–Pakala branch line

Dharmavaram–Pakala branch line
Bifurcation of line towards Dharmavaram Junction
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Andhra Pradesh
Termini	Dharmavaram Junction Pakala Junction
Operation
Owner	Indian Railway
Operator(s)	South Central Railway zone
Technical
Line length	227.40 km (141.30 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge

Dharmavaram–Pakala branch line

km to Guntakal–Bangalore section 0 Dharmavaram Junction to Guntakal–Bangalore section 15 Chinne Kuntapalli 35 Mudigubba 46 Malakavemula 54 Kalasamundram 68 Kadiri 78 Nallacheruvu 82 Nallacheruvu East 90 Tanakallu 105 Mulakala cheruvu 112 Battulapuram 120 Tummanamgutta 136 Kuralabalakota to Kadapa–Bangalore section 145 Madanapalle Road 153 Vayalpad to Kadapa–Bangalore section 173 Kallkiri 187 Piler 202 Pulicherala 209 Mangalampeta 214 Vallivedu 220 Damalcheruvu To Gudur–Chennai section 228 Pakala Junction To Gudur–Chennai section

The Dharmavaram–Pakala branch line connects Dharmavaram of Anantapur district with Pakala of Chittor district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the jurisdiction of Guntakal railway division.

The project

This branch line was built as a meter-gauge line during British Raj in India and opened for traffic in 1891. After independence, recently South Central Railway zone converted this line into a broad-gauge line, which opened for traffic on June 30, 2010.^[1] Kadiri, Madanapalle and Piler are the major towns En route.

Train services

12765 Tirupati–Amravati Express entering branch line at Pakala Junction

Daily passenger train services are available to and from Tirupati and Guntakal and one express service is available to Hyderabad except on Wednesday.

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