SOUTH COAST RAILWAY (SCoR)

Feb. 28, 2019

Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal announced “South Coast Railway (SCoR)” as a new Zone of Indian Railways.

About: 

  • Background: As per item 8 of Schedule 13 (Infrastructure) of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, Indian Railways was required to examine establishing a new railway zone in the successor State of Andhra Pradesh. 

  • Name: In this background, it has been decided to create a new zone named “South Coast Railway (SCoR)”. 

  • HQ of new zone: Visakhapatnam. 

  • Components: The new zone will comprise of existing Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada divisions. Waltair division shall be split into two parts. 
    • One part of Waltair division will be incorporated in the new zone i.e. in South Coast Railway and will be merged with the neighbouring Vijaywada division. 

    • Remaining portion of Waltair division shall be converted into a new division with headquarter at Rayagada under East Coast Railway (ECoR). 



  • South Central Railway will comprise of Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Nanded divisions. 

Source : PIB