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{{Infobox station
| name = Kazipet Junction
| other_name =
| style = Indian Railways
| type = [[Regional rail]], [[Light rail]] and [[Goods railway]] station
| image = Main entrance Kazipet.JPG
| image_caption = Main entrance of Kazipet railway station
| address = Main Road, [[Kazipet]], [[Warangal urban district]], [[Telangana]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|17.974|N|79.511|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|292|m|ft}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railways]]
| line = [[Kazipet–Secunderabad section]], <br />[[Kazipet–Vijayawada section]], <br />[[Kazipet–Nagpur section]]
| platform = 3
| tracks = 6
| other =
| ADA = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| bicycle = No
| parking = Yes
| structure = Standard on ground
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = KZJ
| zone = [[South Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Secunderabad}}
}}
| status = Functioning
| closed =
| former =
| opened = Between 1874 and 1889
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| passengers =
| pass_system =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| map_type = India Telangana#India
| map_dot_label = Kazipet Junction
}}

'''Kazipet Junction railway station''' (station code:- '''KZJ''')<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=46 |date=2015}}</ref> is located in [[Warangal district|Warangal Urban district]] of [[Telangana]]. It is a crucial railway junction connecting Northern and Southern India.

== History ==
With the completion of the Kazipet–Balharshah 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>

== Electrification ==
The Dornakal–Kazipet sector was electrified in 1988–89, the Kazipet–Ramagundam sector in 1987–88 and the Kazipet–Secunderabad sector in 1991–93.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

== Amenities ==
Kazipet railway station<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telanganastateinfo.com/kazipet-warangal-distrct-telangana-state/ | title = Kazipet |publisher= TSI | access-date = 1 July 2016}}</ref> has computerized reservation counters, retiring room, waiting room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshments and book stall.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/kazipet-vishakapatnam-train-tickets.html |title = Kazipet to Visakhapatnam trains | publisher= Make My Trip | access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>

== Economy ==
[[File:Kazipet Railway Station.JPG|thumb|right|Platforms 1 and 2]]
Coal freight from Singareni, Kothagudem, Ramagundam, Bellampalli and Balharshah mines account for around 40 per cent of the goods traffic handled by the railways in the Kazipet–Balharshah sector.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reddy|first1=V. Ramakrishna|title=Economic history of Hyderabad State : Warangal Suba, 1911–1950|date=1987|publisher=Gian Pub. House|location=Delhi|isbn=8121200997|page=523}}</ref>

== Developments ==

A new {{convert|201.04|km}} railway line has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs between {{stnlnk|Balharshah Junction}} and Kazipet. The new line will be passing through [[Warangal Urban district|Warangal]], [[Ramagundam district|Ramagundam]], [[Mancherial district|Mancherial]] and [[komuram Bheem Asifabad district|Asifabad]] districts in [[Telangana]], and through [[Chandrapur district|Chandrapur]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Cabinet approves construction of third line between Ballarshah–Kazipet|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/cabinet-approves-construction-of-third-line-between-ballarshah-kazipet-116082400944_1.html|access-date=26 August 2016|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=24 August 2016}}</ref> This will facilitate both the passenger traffic and goods movement that include cement, coal and food.<ref>{{cite news|title=New rail line between Kazipet and Ballarshah|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/New-rail-line-between-Kazipet-and-Ballarshah/articleshow/53852215.cms|access-date=26 August 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 August 2016|location=Hyderabad}}</ref>

== Loco sheds ==
Kazipet Diesel Loco Shed houses [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]], [[WDM-3A]], [[WDG-3A]] and [[WDG-4]] locos. Opened in 2006, [[Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet|Kazipet Electric Loco Shed]] houses 100 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]] & 72 [[WAG-9]] locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Kazipet.<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> Kazipet Junction diesel loco shed was selected to receive an international quality certificate in October 2017.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.telanganastateofficial.com/railway-wagon-manufacturing-unit-kazipet/ More about WAGON Manufacture Unit]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/kazipet-junction-kzj/836 Trains at Kazipet]

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