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1.0 HISTORY

South Western Railway has been operational since 1st April 2003 with headquarters at Hubli in the state of Karnataka. This Railway covers states of Karnataka (84%) predominantly and parts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Goa and Maharashtra.

       


Rail Soudha, SWR Zonal Office, Hubli

There has been a perceptible improvement in Railway services across this region, since the formation of SWR 517 km of new lines, 598 km of gauge conversion and 1138 km of doubling have been commissioned. 110 numbers of new Express / Passenger trains have been introduced. Apart from this, services of many trains have been extended and frequency of some trains increased for the benefit of travelling public.

 

2.0 PROFILE

 

Sl.No.

Particulars

As on 31.03.2022

1.

Divisions

3 (Hubballi, Bengaluru, Mysuru)

2.

Route Kms

3,629

3.

Number of stations

384

4.

Workshops

Hubballi&Mysuru

5.

Diesel Sheds

Hubballi&Krishnarajapuram

6.

Originating Revenue 2021-22 (Rs. in crores)

6262.31

8.

Apportioned Revenue 2021-22 (Rs. in crores)

5459.03

9.

Operating Ratio (In percentage)

135.46

10.

No. of Originating Passengers (in millions)

73.06

11.

Number of trains run

 

 

Avg. Mail / Express trains/SWR :

156

 

Avg. Passenger Trains/SWR :

116

12.

Originating Loading (in Million Tonnes)

44.12

13.

Staff Strength (as on 01.04.2022)

Sanctioned

Actual

 

Non-Gazetted :

41,947

35,866

 

Gazetted:

598

519

 

Total

42,545

36,385

3.0STATE WISE ROUTE KILOMETERS

 

 

SlNo

State

Total

(RouteKms)

 

 


1.

Karnataka

3062.679

2.

Andhra Pradesh

285.88

3.

Tamil Nadu

173.671

4.

Goa

69.31

5.

Maharashtra

37.42

Total

3628.96




Source : South Western Railway CMS Team Last Reviewed : 01-05-2023  


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