Kacheguda railway station
Kacheguda railway station Kacheguda, Hyderabad | |||||
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| Indian Railways and Hyderabad MMTS station | |||||
Kacheguda railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Hyderabad, Telangana India | ||||
| Coordinates | 17°23′22″N 78°29′59″E / 17.38956°N 78.49976°E | ||||
| Elevation | 543 m | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | South Central Railways | ||||
| Line(s) | Kacheguda - Chennai Egmore Line | ||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| Tracks | 11 | ||||
| Connections | Auto stand, Taxi stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Accessible | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functional | ||||
| Station code | KCG | ||||
| Zone(s) | South Central Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Hyderabad | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1916 | ||||
| Electrified | 2003 | ||||
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Kacheguda railway station (station code: KCG) is a non-suburban-2 (NSG-2) category Indian railway station in Hyderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone. It is one of the four major railway stations in Hyderabad of the Indian state of Telangana. The station was first built during the reign of Nizam Osman Ali Khan to create wider connectivity for the state to Western cities like Mumbai through the railway junction at Wadi.
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, Mysuru, Chennai, Delhi, Nanded, Nizamabad, Mangalore, Madurai, 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 Café 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 public-private partnership basis and the bidding process is over and the private concessionaire has been appointed for the project.