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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 28em
| name = Kazipet–Vijayawada section
| color =
| logo = 
| logo_width = 100 px
| image = (Kazipet - Vijayawada) Passenger route map.png
| image_width =
| caption = Kazipet–Vijayawada passenger route map
| type =
| system =
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Kazipet}}
| end = {{stnlnk|Vijayawada}}
| stations =
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = 1889
| close =
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railway]]
| character =
| depot = Kazipet, Vijayawada
| stock = [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]], WDM-3A, WDG-3A, WDG-4, WDM-2, WDP-1 diesel locos; [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]], [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5]] and [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4|WAM-4]] electric locos.
| linelength =
| tracklength ={{convert|201.14|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| old_gauge =
| minradius =
| racksystem =
| electrification = 1985–88
| speed = up to 130 km/h
| elevation =
| website =
| map = {{Kazipet–Vijayawada section}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
The '''Kazipet–Vijayawada section''' is a railway line connecting {{stnlnk|Kazipet}} and {{stnlnk|Vijayawada}}.<ref name="project">{{cite web |title=Surveys |url=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1438144370646-Annexure-1.pdf |website=South Central Railway, Indian Railways |access-date=3 May 2019 |page=4 |format=PDF |date=24 July 2015}}</ref> This {{convert|201.14|km|mi|0|abbr= on}} track is part of the [[New Delhi–Chennai main line]].<ref>{{cite web|title=System Map|url=http://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,357,805|website=South Central Railway Division|access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref> The section is under the jurisdiction of [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railway]].

== History ==
[[File:KZJ jn.jpg|thumb|The junction where the New Delhi–Chennai line meets the Hyderabad–New Delhi line. The Hyderabad–New Delhi line lies on the right side]]
With the completion of the Kazipet–Balhashah link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.<ref name="IR History: Early Days – III">{{cite web| url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html | title=IR History: Early Days – III| work=Chronology of railways in India, Part 3 (1900–1947)| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

The Wadi–Secunderabad line was built in 1874 with financing by the Nizam of Hyderabad. It later became part of [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]]. In 1889, the main line of the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway was extended to Vijayawada, then known as Bezwada.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|title = IR History:Early days II|work= 1870–1899| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

As of 1909, "From Wadi on the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]], the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway runs east to Warangal and then south-east towards Bezwada on the East Coast section of the [[Madras Railway]]."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://irfca.org/docs/history/hyderabad.html | title= Hyderabad – Imperial Gazetteer of India| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

The Motumari–Jaggayyapeta line was extended to Mellacheruvu in 2012. It is to be extended further to Vishnupuram on the Guntur–Pagidipalli–Secunderabad line.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,5,268&dcd=1286&did=13363042348175E6B348F600FBC66D1394C2E55771277.web91 |title =Press Release| publisher= South Central Railway | access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

== Electrification ==
The Vijayawada–Madhira sector was electrified in 1985–86, the Madhira–Dornakal sector in 1986–87 and the Dornakal–Kazipet sector in 1987–88. The Motumari–Jaggayapet freight line was electrified in 1994–95.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

Dornakal–Karepalli–Yellandu line was electrified in 2003 and the Karepalli–Bhadrachalam Road–Manuguru in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,357,810,936|title = TRD | publisher= South Central Railway | access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

== Speed limits ==
The Delhi–Chennai Central line (Grand Trunk route) is classified as a "Group A" line which can take speeds up to 160 km/h.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRPWM/PermanentWayManualCh2_data.htm |title = Chapter II – The Maintenance of Permanent Way| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

== Passenger movement ==
[[File:Nameplate Kazipet.jpg|thumb|Kazipet Junction is the place where Hyderabad–New Delhi line meets the Chennai–New Delhi line]]
{{stnlnk|Vijayawada}} is the only station on this line which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref>

== Loco sheds and coaching maintenance depots ==
Kazipet diesel loco shed houses [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]], WDM-3A, WDG-3A and WDG-4 locos. Opened in 2006, Kazipet electric loco shed houses 150+ [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]] locos. Vijayawada diesel loco shed has WDM-2, WDP-1 locos, 30+ DEMus and 2 Railbus. Vijayawada electric loco shed opened in 1980, holds (as of 2012) 195+ locos. It houses [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5]], [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4|WAM-4]] and WAG-7 locos.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

There are coaching maintenance depots at Vijayawada and Kazipet.<ref name="sheds" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railways in Southern India}}

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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh]]

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