Kacheguda railway station

Kachiguda
Indian Railway Station
Kachiguda Railway Station
Location Hyderabad, Telangana
 India
Elevation 543 meters
Platforms 5 [1]
Other information
Station code KCG
Zone(s) South Central Railway
Division(s) Hyderabad railway division
History
Opened 1916 (102 years)
Electrified 2003
Location
Kachiguda railway station
Location in telangana

Kachiguda Railway Station[2] (station code:KCG) is one of the three Central Stations in Hyderabad City of Telangana in India. It is operated by the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways.

Night view of the station
Kachiguda Railway Station

Endowed with central and side domes and accompanying minarets, this station has aspects of Gothic style architecture. The station handles trains originating for Indore, Bhopal, Aurangabad, Tirupati, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Nanded, Nizamabad, Mangalore, and more. Housing many modern passenger amenities, this station now serves as the Headquarters station of the Hyderabad railway division of South Central Railway.

In addition to the new terminus building that is constructed which also houses a miniature Rail museum and branded outlets like Cafe Coffee Day the Zonal Railway has identified the station for development of Multi Functional Complex adjoining to the Station Building.

The facility is getting developed on PPP basis and the bidding process is over and the private concessionaire has been appointed for the project.

History

Constructed in 1916, by the Nizam of Hyderabad Asaf Jah VII, this Station was the Headquarters of the then Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. It is believed that name Kachiguda Railway Station was given because of the Kachi Community which has a good population residing close to the station. The Kachis came as infantry and cavalry soldiers from Bundelkhand in the times of Alamgir and earlier Kings.

Classification

Kacheguda railway station is classified as an A1–category station in the Hyderabad railway division.[3]

MMTS connectivity

The Kachiguda Railway Station connects Hyderabad City with MMTS Rail Transit, and localities like Kachiguda, Barkatpura, Chaderghat, Narayanguda, Kothi and Abids are accessible from this station.

Trains

This station has 3 pit lines for primary maintenance of Trains which are originating from here and the following are the some of the trains maintained here :

Train No.Train NameTrain TypeDeparturesDeparture Time
12785Kacheguda - Bengaluru City Superfast ExpressSuperFastDaily19:05
12797Venkatadri ExpressSuperFastDaily20:05
17603Prashanti Nilayam ExpressSuperFastDaily21:05
17652Kacheguda Chengalpattu ExpressSuper FastDaily16:30
57561Kacheguda - Manmad PassengerPassengerDaily4:50
57325Kacheguda - Guntur PassengerPassengerDaily5:10
57601Kacheguda - Nizamabad PassengerPassengerDaily6:00
17615Kacheguda - Madurai Weekly ExpressExpressWeekly6:00
17606Mangalore Central - Kacheguda ExpressExpressBi-Weekly6:00
77693Kacheguda - Raichur DEMUDEMUDaily6:20
17639Kacheguda - Akola Intercity ExpressExpressWeekly7:10
17641Kacheguda-Narkhed Intercity ExpressExpressExcept Monday7:10
77674Kacheguda - Miryalaguda DEMUDEMUDaily9:20
57425Kacheguda Guntakal PassengerPassengerDaily9.40
57690Kacheguda - Nizamabad PassengerPassengerDaily9:50
57307Kacheguda - Medchal PassengerPassengerDaily10.05
16570Kacheguda - Yesvantpur ExpressExpressTri-Weekly14:00
16353Kacheguda - Nagercoil Weekly ExpressExpressWeekly16:00
57473Kacheguda - Bodhan PassengerPassengerWeekly16:10
17603Kacheguda - Hubballi - Vasco Da Gama ExpressSlip ExpressSelected days21:05
17625Delta Fast PassengerExpressDaily22:10

See also

  1. ↑ http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/kacheguda-kcg/844
  2. ↑ http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/844/0?t=0&s=2&kkk=1400431079735
  3. ↑ "Statement showing category-wise No.of stations" (PDF). South Central Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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