Key chord line to ease Secunderabad congestion nears completion

South Central Railway (SCR) is preparing to committee a abbreviated but important ‘chord line’ aimed astatine decongesting the engaged Secunderabad presumption and streamlining long‑distance bid question towards Kacheguda. The improvement follows the completion of doubling and electrification works betwixt Sitaphalmandi and Lallaguda stations.

According to elder railway officials, the caller alignment volition alteration trains coming from Kazipet via Moula Ali way to straight entree the Kacheguda route, bypassing some the Secunderabad and Malkajgiri stations. This is expected to trim delays and amended punctuality, peculiarly for long‑distance explicit and superfast services connecting bluish and confederate regions.

The chord enactment comprises 2 cardinal components — a 1.80‑km treble enactment betwixt Lallaguda and Sitaphalmandi ‘B’ cabin, and a 1‑km agelong betwixt Sitaphalmandi ‘B’ and Sitaphalmandi ‘A’ cabins. Signalling interlocking works are presently underway, aft which the conception volition beryllium opened for traffic. Officials estimation that the caller way volition prevention up to 30 minutes of question time, arsenic trains volition nary longer request to instrumentality a 15‑km detour via Malkajgiri and Lallaguda Gate stations.

The task besides included the hold of the Road nether Bridge (RuB) astatine the engaged Alugaddabavi junction. SCR completed the enactment with the practice of postulation constabulary and GHMC authorities. Once operational, the caller nexus volition easiness bid movements successful the Kazipet–Kacheguda and Kacheguda–Mahabubnagar directions, SCR’s Chief Public Relations Officer A. Sridhar explained.

Currently, trains utilizing the Kazipet–Cherlapalli–Moula Ali enactment are compelled to plaything close towards Malkajgiri and Sitaphalmandi to scope the Kacheguda–Bengaluru route. With the caller line, they tin alternatively crook near astatine Lallaguda to scope Sitaphalmandi presumption and proceed straight to Kacheguda station.

Meanwhile, SCR is besides advancing enactment connected a larger bypass task — a 12‑km treble enactment with electrification betwixt the existing azygous enactment betwixt Sitaphalmandi and Moula Ali stations. The Sitaphalmandi–Malkajgiri information has already been completed, portion the remaining 6‑km agelong betwixt Malkajgiri and Moula Ali is nether construction. This nexus is expected to further streamline bid operations, particularly for MMTS suburban services.