Electrification of Dharmavaram-Pakala section enters last leg

Tirupati: Electrification works taken up on 228-km Dharmavaram-Pakala railway line have entered the last leg, as South Central Railways (SCR) has completed energising the tracks between Pakala and Kalikiri in Chittoor district.

Dharmavaram-Pakala section, which was converted into broad gauge in 2011, is one of the major rail routes under Guntakal Railway Division. Various trains, including Secunderabad-Tirupati, Amravati-Tirupati and Seven Hills superfast expresses, Guntakal-Tirupati and Mumbai CSMT-Nagercoil expresses, Kacheguda-Madurai weekly, Dharmavaram-Narasapur and Kadirideverapalli-Tirupati trains are operated on this route.