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{{Short description|Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Gooty Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]
| caption = Indian Railways logo
| address = NH 7, [[Gooty]], [[Anantapur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| map_type = India Andhra Pradesh#India
| map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh##Location in India
| line = Yeswanthpur – Gooty line, <br>
Gooty – Dhone line
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 2
| tracks = 5
| bicycle = Yes
| electrified = Yes
| elevation = {{convert|370|m|ft}}
| status = Functional
| parking = Yes
| entrance =
| ADA = Available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = GY
| zone = [[South Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Guntakal}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railways]]
| passengers =
}}

'''Gooty Junction railway station''' (station code: '''GY'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Station Code Index |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2015-16/Station_Code(1).pdf|website=Portal of Indian Railways |access-date=29 April 2019 |page=45 |date=2015}}</ref>) is the primary railway station serving [[Gooty]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India. The station comes under the jurisdiction of Guntakal division of [[South Coast Railway zone|South Coast Railways]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/gooty-junction-gy/140|title=Gooty Junction}}</ref>

== Structure and Amenities ==
The station has two platforms. The station is situated at junction of four lines branching towards {{stnlnk|Dharmavaram Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Dhone Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Renigunta Junction}} and {{stnlnk|Guntakal Junction}}.

Gooty railway station is located on the [[Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section]], which is part of [[Mumbai]]–[[Chennai]] railway route, it is home to one of the five diesel locomotive sheds in the [[South Coast Railway zone|South Coast Railways]] (SCR). Gooty Junction railway station is situated on the [[Bangalore]] – [[Hyderabad]] [[National Highway 7 (India)(old numbering)]]or 44, Ankola – Bellary – Gooty National Highway [[National Highway 63 (India)|NH 63]], Gulbarga – Gooty National Highway (In Process w.e.f 23/01/2014). [[Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty]] is home to diesel locomotives of the [[ALCO]] [[WDG-2A]], [[WDG-3A]], [[WDM-3A]] and [[WDM-3D]] classes.

== Classification ==

Gooty railway station is classified as a ''B–category'' station in the Guntakal railway division.<ref name="categories">{{cite web|title=Category of Stations over Guntakal Division |url=http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,353,1280,1349 |website=South Central Railway zone |publisher=Portal of Indian Railways |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315232254/http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C291%2C353%2C1280%2C1349 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Guntakal railway division|Guntakal]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Anantapur district]]

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