The South Central Railway (SCR) headquartered at Secunderabad, is one of the 18 zones of Indian Railways.
The SCR was officially established on October 2, 1966, carved out from the Central and Southern Railway zones.
- Kondapalli-Motumari section has been moved from Secunderabad to Vijayawada division
- Raichur-Wadi section has shifted from Guntakal to Secunderabad division
- Peddapalli-Nizamabad section moved to the Hyderabad division
- Latur Road-Parli Vaijnath and Mudkhed-Karkheli sections have been reassigned to the Nanded division.
The SCR has been allocated a record ₹13,026 crore for infrastructure development in the 2026-27 Union Budget, including ₹5,454 crore for Telangana and ₹10,134 crore for Andhra Pradesh. Planned works include line doubling, tripling, and quadrupling, alongside new lines, electrification, yard modernisation, and station upgrades.
The SCR’s network length now stands at 3,603 km down from 6,645 km earlier - comprising Secunderabad (1,835 km), Hyderabad (782 km), and Nanded (986 km) divisions.
In contrast, the SCoR spans 3,501 km across Vijayawada, Guntur, Guntakal, and Visakhapatnam divisions.
SCR is involved in the ambitious Hyderabad–Chennai High-Speed Rail Corridor project, which aims to significantly reduce travel time between these major cities.