MMTS users seek better train timings, extended services

MMTS users seek better train timings, extended services

The Long Distance and MMTS Travellers Association has appealed to the South Central Railway authorities to consider introducing more MMTS between Medchal and Secunderabad. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Long Distance and MMTS Travellers Association has appealed to the South Central Railway (SCR) authorities to consider introducing more MMTS between Medchal and Secunderabad between … Read more

SCR officers, rail passengers in Vijayawada celebrate 50th anniversary of Godavari Express

SCR officers, rail passengers in Vijayawada celebrate 50th anniversary of Godavari Express

Divisional Railway Manager Narendra A. Patil, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager V. Rambabu and other officers cut a cake to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of Godavari Express at Vijayawada railway station on Thursday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Narendra A. Patil cut the cake and participated in the golden jubilee celebrations … Read more

SCR added 383 km track in 2022-23, says general manager

SCR added 383 km track in 2022-23, says general manager

South Central Railway (SCR) added 383.85 km to its rail network, bringing rail connectivity to several new areas, and also electrified a 1,017 route km during 2022-23, the highest addition in a financial year, said general manager Arun Kumar Jain on Friday. Addressing officers and staff on the occasion of the 68th railway week at … Read more

SCR second south pilgrim special begins journey

SCR second south pilgrim special begins journey

The South Central Railway’s second south pilgrim special ‘Divya Dakshin Yatra’, under the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains, began its journey from the Secunderabad railway station with a senior citizen passenger cutting the ribbon on Tuesday. Pilgrim passengers have the opportunity to have the darshan of one of the Jyotirlinga (Rameswaram), while also covering important pilgrim and … Read more

Upcoming Kazipet unit to make 100 railway wagons a month: SCR

Upcoming Kazipet unit to make 100 railway wagons a month: SCR

South Central Railway (SCR) has stated that the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Warangal on July 8 will be for laying the foundation stone for the ₹521 crore ‘railway wagon manufacturing unit at Kazipet’, which will a capacity to produce 100 wagons each month in the first year and this could be … Read more

RPF seizes smuggled cigarettes worth ₹67.50 lakh

RPF seizes smuggled cigarettes worth ₹67.50 lakh

The SCR Railway Protection Force (RPF), based on intelligence inputs collected by crime intelligence branch, seized smuggled cigarettes worth ₹67.50 lakh in Hyderabad railway station on Friday. A joint team of RPF and Government Railway Police carried out a special check on parcels unloaded from Train No. 12724 Telangana Express as there was suspicion over … Read more

South Central Railway Zone’s freight revenue crosses ₹10,000 crore in nine months

South Central Railway Zone’s freight revenue crosses ₹10,000 crore in nine months

The freight operations of South Central Railway (SCR) Zone reached yet another milestone during the current fiscal, by recording ₹10,000 crore revenue. SCR registered the achievement in just nine months and 16 days, which is said to be the fastest since the inception of the zone. Earlier, the freight revenue of ₹10,000 crore was achieved … Read more