Archive · 1 Sep 2026
₹1,122 Crore Karnataka Rail Project Adds Two Secunderabad-Wadi Tracks
Railways plan to build two more tracks between Sulehali West and Kurugunta in Karnataka.
This will give trains more space to travel on the Secunderabad-Wadi route.
The project will also include electric railway equipment, signalling and communication systems.
The specific work is expected to cost ₹1,122.78 crore.
It is part of a larger ₹5,012 crore project covering about 173 kilometres.
The larger project was approved by the Union Cabinet and is planned to take five years.
The current route is already being used at more than 114% of its capacity.
More tracks could help passenger trains and goods trains move more smoothly.
South Central Railway invited bids worth ₹1,122.78 crore for quadrupling the Sulehali West-Kurugunta section in Karnataka.
The work will add third and fourth railway lines, along with electrification, signalling and telecommunications systems.
The package is part of the ₹5,012 crore, 173-kilometre Secunderabad-Sanathnagar-Wadi expansion project.
The wider project was approved by the Union Cabinet and has a five-year completion timeline, according to the Press Information Bureau.
The existing Secunderabad-Wadi section has utilisation above 114% and serves passenger, freight, cement, steel, coal and food-grain traffic.
- Who
- South Central Railway is inviting bids for the work as part of a wider railway expansion approved by the Union Cabinet.
- What
- A ₹1,122.78 crore EPC contract will quadruple the Sulehali West-Kurugunta section by adding third and fourth lines and associated railway systems.
- When
- The wider 173-kilometre project has a five-year completion timeline; the articles do not provide a tender deadline or construction start date.
- Where
- The work is in Karnataka on the Secunderabad-Wadi route, between Sulehali West and Kurugunta stations.
- Why
- The existing section has utilisation exceeding 114%, while passenger, freight and industrial traffic continue to increase.
- Specific tender value
- ₹1,122.78 crore
- Wider project cost
- ₹5,012 crore
- Specific section
- Sulehali West-Kurugunta
- Wider corridor
- Secunderabad (Sanathnagar)-Wadi
- Project length
- Approximately 173 kilometres
- Completion timeline
- Five years
- Existing utilisation
- More than 114%