Ghatkesar railway station

Ghatkesar
Indian Railway Station
General information
Location	Ghatkesar, Telangana India
Coordinates	17°27′10″N 78°40′42″E
Elevation	477.14 m above the sea level
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South Central Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes (Available)
Other information
Status	Working
Station code	GT
Zone(s)	South Central Railway
Division(s)	Secundrabad
History
Electrified	Yes
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Ghatkesar (station code:GT), where, Ghat means Mountains and Kesar (Keseri) means Saffron of Persia, this is also a railway station located in Ghatkesar town, Medchal district on Secunderabad-Bibinagar line, which falls under South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad division. Ghatkesar is considered to be the capital suburbs of Hyderabad. The Ghatkesar Railway Station is serviced for 18 trains daily. Most of these services pass through the station. The Kazipet – Secunderabad and Tenali –Guntur – Secunderabad which passes through the station

Services

Passenger train services from Secunderabad to Guntur and Kajipetta division MEMU, DEMU, Passenger service starts from Bhongiri railway Station to Falaknuma railway station

Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase II work is nearing completion which will connect this Capitol suburbs with rest of the city over railway network.[1][2]

Now Ghat Keseri station has four platforms and Quadru tracks to Secunderabad for operation of the MMTS Dedicated Corridor. It is a terminal end point of MMTS Phase two, and later extended to Yadhadhiri in the future pilgrimages.

References

1. "SCR starts 2 Memu trains". The Times of India. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
2. Express News Service (9 December 2011). "Corporation adamant on saving MEMU dream". CNN-IBM. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2011.