GTL Railway Station Information and Trains for GTL

गुंतकल जं. - GTL

"Guntakal Junction railway station" (station code:GTL) is located in Anantapur district in the Indian States and territories of India of Andhra Pradesh and serves Guntakal. It is also the headquarters of Guntakal railway division in South Coast Railway. It is a junction station at the intersection point of the Mumbai-Chennai line, the Vijayawada-Margao line and the Guntakal-Bengaluru line.

During the period 1861-1871 Madras Railway extended its Chennai-Arakonnam line to Raichur to join the Great Indian Peninsula Railway line, thereby linking Mumbai and Chennai with a wide Indian gauge line in 1871.

During 1888 to 1890 Southern Mahratta Railway developed a metre gauge line from Vijayawada to Margao, passing through Guntakal.

The Guntakal-Bangalore line was opened in 1892-93. The metre gauge Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Railway was opened in 1893. It was operated by Southern Mahrata Railway.

The Electrification of Guntakal-Renigunta Section of 310 Route Km's completed in 2013.The Electrification of Guntakal-Bangalore Section of 293 Route Km's completed in 2016.The Electrification of Guntakal-Wadi Section of 228 Route Km's completed in 2017.The Electrification of Guntakal-Guntur Section of 430 Route Km's has been completed in 2018

Diesel Loco Shed, Guntakal was started as a metre gauge shed but after gauge conversions in Guntakal and Hubli divisions a broad gauge shed was opened in 1995. It houses Indian locomotive class WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A, WDG-3A and WDG4 locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Guntakal. Since after overhaul with Electric Traction, Indian railways also sanctioned Electric Loco shed.

Guntakal Junction is classified as an ''A-category'' station in the Guntakal railway division. Guntakal has been selected for the ''Adarsh Station Scheme'', a scheme for upgradation of stations by the Indian Railways.