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| owned = Indian Railways | operator = South Central Railway zone | status = Functioning, An ISO-9001 Station | former = Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway | passengers = 36.5 million appox. | pass_year = 2008–09 | pass_percent = 10 | pass_system = | map_locator = }} Secunderabad railway station, is a major intercity railway station and a commuter rail hub in the Hyderabad Urban Area. It is located in the city of Hyderabad and falls under the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. Built in 1874, by the Nizam of Hyderabad State, during the British era, this station was the main station of the Nizam's Railway, until the opening of Kachiguda Railway Station in 1916. Later on, its operation was taken over by the Indian Railways in 1951, when the Nizam's Railway was nationalized. The main portico and concourse are influenced by Asaf Jahi style architecture.〔 The station building resembles a fort and is one of the tourist attractions in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.〔 The station is well connected by rail to all parts of India. 229 trains arrive at, or depart from, the station, daily, transporting over one lakh sixty thousand passengers daily to their destinations across the country. Situated on the Vijayawada – Wadi (main line of SCR) and Secunderabad-Manmad railway lines, it is the zonal headquarters station of the South Central Railway (SCR), and also the divisional headquarters station of Secunderabad Division of the SCR. The station has also achieved the ISO-9001 Certification for quality management in ticket booking, parcel and luggage booking and train management of platform.〔 In recent years, the railways has proposed to upgrade it into a world-class station, with emphasis on vertical expansion of the complex.〔 It is connected to almost all the parts of the twin cities (Hyderabad and Secunderabad) by the Hyderabad MMTS and Telangana State Road Transport Corporation's buses, making it convenient for passengers to commute to and from the station. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Secunderabad Junction railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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