Secunderabad–Manmad is an important railway line connecting the states of Telangana and Maharashtra. It is administered by South Central Railway and was formerly known as Hyderabad–Manmad railway line (built by NGSR) and Godavari Valley railway for some period. , this line is single broad gauged, and electrification is under progress. In March 2023, South Central Railway announced the electrification of an additional 75 km on the line (Nizamabad-Kamareddy and Jankampet-Basar)
The line starts at and ends at and has around 85 railway stations between them. The major stations on the route are Secunderabad, Kamareddy, Nizamabad, Basar, Mudkhed, Nanded, Purna, Parbhani, Selu, Partur, Jalna, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nagarsol and Manmad.
History The Nizam of Hyderabad ruled over the Deccan region from the 18th century and under his reign, the railway line between Secunderabad and Manmad was constructed in 1905 by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. The Secunderabad-Mudkhed portion of the line was approved for doubling in 2023.
Operations The maximum and average operational speed of an express train from Secunderabad Jn. to Manmad Jn.
From To Distance in km Avg speed km/h Max speed km/hSecunderabadNizamabad16170110NizamabadParbhani Jn17070110Parbhani JnManmad29160100
Intermediate branch lines Branch Length Nizamabad–Peddapalli Jankampet–Bodhan Mudkhed–Majri Purna-Akola Parbhani-Parli Vaijnath Kothapalli-Manoharabad151 km (94 mi)
Passing trains Some of the trains that pass from this line are Train number Train name Origin Destination17063/64Ajanta ExpressKachegudaManmad17205/06Sainagar Shirdi–Kakinada Port ExpressKakinada CityShirdi17405/06Krishna ExpressTirupathiAdilabad17617/18Tapovan ExpressMumbai CSTHazur Sahib Nanded17057/58Devagiri ExpressLingampalliMumbai CST17639/40Intercity ExpressKachigudaNarkhed17613/14Panvel-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express via Latur and PuneNandedPanvel57689Nizamabad–Kacheguda DEMUNizamabadKacheguda51422/21Nizamabad–Pune PassengerNizamabad57557Nizamabad–Nanded PassengerNizamabadNanded51433Nizamabad–Pandharpur PassengerNizamabadPandharpur57687Nizamabad–Kacheguda DEMUNizamabadKacheguda12787/88Nagarsol–Narsapur Superfast ExpressNagarsolNarsapur (via Warangal)57474Bodhan–Kacheguda PassengerBodhan–NZBKacheguda railway station18510/09Visakhapatnam–Hazur Sahib Nanded Superfast ExpressHazur Sahib Nanded railway station|Nanded]]Visakhapatnam18309/10Nagavali ExpressSambalpurNanded12765/66Tirupati-Amravati ExpressAmravatiTirupati12729/30Pune-Hazur Sahib Nanded Superfast ExpressPuneNanded19301/02Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow)–Yesvantpur Weekly ExpressYesvantpur17232/31Narasapur-Nagarsol ExpressNagarsolNarsapur (via Guntur)16003/04Chennai–Nagarsol ExpressChennaiNagarsol57561/62Kacheguda–Manmad PassengerKachegudaManmad57594Nanded–Medchal PassengerNandedMedchal18504/03Sainagar Shirdi–Visakhapatnam ExpressSainagar ShirdiVisakhapatnam11401/02Nandigram ExpressBalharshahMumbai CST12715/16Sachkhand ExpressAmritsarHazur Sahib Nanded railway station|Nanded]]12071/72Mumbai CSMT–Hingoli Deccan Jan Shatabdi ExpressMumbai CSMTHingoli17687/88Marathwada ExpressDharmabadManmad20705/20706Jalna–Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat ExpressJalnaMumbai CSMT railway station17605/17606Hyderabad Jodhpur ExpressKachegudaJodhpur12719/12720Hyderabad–Jaipur Meenakshi ExpressHyderabadJaipur Junction railway station17019/17020Hisar–Hyderabad Weekly ExpressHisar Junction railway stationHyderabad19714/19713Kurnool Jaipur expressKurnool City railway stationJaipur Junction railway station
See also Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
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