Guntakal Junction railway station (station code: GTL) is located in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and serves Guntakal. It is also the headquarters of Guntakal railway division in South Central Railway(SCR). It is a junction station at the intersection point of the MumbaiâÂÂChennai line, the VijayawadaâÂÂMarmagova line and the GuntakalâÂÂBengaluru line.
During the period 1861âÂÂ1871 Madras Railway extended its ChennaiâÂÂArakkonnam line to Raichuru to join the Great Indian Peninsula Railway line, thereby linking Mumbai and Chennai with a broad gauge line in 1871.
During 1888 to 1890 Southern Maharathna Railway developed a metre-gauge line from Vijayawada to Marmagova, passing through Guntakal.
The GuntakalâÂÂBangalore line was opened in 1892âÂÂ93. The metre-gauge GuntakalâÂÂMysore Frontier Railway was opened in 1893. It was operated by Southern Maharathna Railway.
Diesel Loco Shed, Guntakal was started as a metre-gauge shed but after gauge conversions in Guntakal and Hubballi divisions a broad-gauge shed was opened in 1995. It houses WAG-7 locos. There is a coaching maintenance depot at Guntakal. Since after overhaul with electric traction, Indian Railways also sanctioned electric loco shed and it holds WAG-7 & WAG-9 class locomotives.
Guntakal Junction is classified as an AâÂÂcategory station in the Guntakal railway division. Guntakal has been selected for the Adarsh Station Scheme, a scheme for upgradation of stations by the Indian Railways.