Kadapa–Bangalore section

Kadapa–Bangalore section
Kadapa-Banglore line Jurisdiction
Overview
System	Main line is electrified and branch line is diesel
Status	Operational up to Pendlimarri
Locale	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
Termini	Cuddapah Kolar
Operation
Owner	Indian Railway
Operator(s)	South Central Railway, South Western Railway Zone
Technical
Line length	257.00 km (159.69 mi)
Track gauge	Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Route map Route Map

Kadapa–Bangalore section

km 0 Kadapa Junction / to Guntakal–Renigunta section 6 Pabbapuram Halt 14 Ganganapalle 21 Pendlimarri 28 Minnayagaripalli (Halt) 34 Nandimandalam 42 Veerannagapattupalle (Halt) 59 Surabhi (Halt) 69 Kuppaguttapalle 79 Konampeta 86 Lakkireddipalle 100 Rayachoti 111 Chinnamandem (Halt) 115 Polimeravandlapalle 126 Kona 130 Papireddigarpalle (Halt) 138 Palanditapalle 143 Perumalayyagari palle (Halt) to Dharmavaram–Pakala branch line 155 Vayalpadu Junction 163 Madanapalle Road Junction to Dharmavaram–Pakala branch line 170 Madanapalle 182 Chandramakulapalle (Halt) 190 Kodavuru 197 Miniki (Halt) Andhra Pradesh Karnataka 205 Kodahalli 218 Madaghatta 222 Mulbagal 243 Bheeampura 252 Kalahastipura To Chennai Central–Bangalore City line 260 Kolar 271 Jannaghatta (Halt) 284 Gottihalli (Halt) 290 Dalasanur (Halt) 298 Srinivasapur (Halt) 308 Dodanatta (Halt) 319 Chintamani 331 Y Hunasenahalli 340 Sidlaghatta 348 Gidnahalli 356 Chik Ballapur 362 Nandi (Halt) 369 Venkatagiri Kote (Halt) 372 Avatihalli 379 Devanahalli 389 Dodjala 394 Bettahalsoor To Guntakal–Bangalore section 402 Yelahanka Junction 408 Kodigehalli To Chennai Central–Bangalore City line 411 Lottegolahalli To Bangalore–Arsikere–Hubli line 415 Yesvantpur Junction 418 Malleswaram To Chennai Central–Bangalore City line 421 Bangalore City To Mysore–Bangalore line

Kadapa–Bangalore section is an ongoing broad gauge railway line project in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. It connects Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh with Bangalore in Karnataka via Kolar.^[1]

History

The foundation stone for this project was laid on 2 September 2010 with an outlay of 2000cr's.^[2]

Construction

This project will be constructed in four stages namely . Stage 1 will connect Rayachoti and stage 2 with Dharmavarm–Pakala branch line at Madanapalle and stage 3 will connect Madanapalle to Mulbagal and stage 4 last will connect Mulbagal to Kolar and last via Bangarpet to reach Bangalore.^[1]

Jurisdiction

This project falls under the jurisdiction of both Guntakal railway division of South Central Railway zone and Bangalore railway division of South Western Railway zone. Out of 260.40 km, 217.60 km falls under Guntakal railway division and rest of the route km falls under the jurisdiction of Bangalore railway division.^[3]

Status

This railway line is operational up to Pendlimarri and regular train service started from June 16, 2017.^[4]

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