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6 unusual facts about Kazipet


High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

Kazipet

Kazipet got its name from a Sufi saint of great eminence by name Syed Shah Afzal Biabani who was a Kazi during the British regime.

Kazipet is well known for its professional & convent educational institutions, with one college LIPS - Landmark Institute of Professional Studies and four major convent schools - St. Gabriel's High School, Fatima Girls High School, Bishop Beretta High School, St. Ann's High School, St. Johns high school.

One of India's premier engineering institutes, the National Institute of Technology, Warangal (previously called REC (Regional Engineering College)), is located in Kazipet.

Sainagar Shirdi railway station

# 17205 Sainagar Shirdi - Vishakapatnam Junction Express (Sunday, Thursday and Saturday)Via Kazipet

St. Gabriel's High School

Gabriel's High School (abbreviated SGHS) is an educational institution located in Kazipet, in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, in India.


Balharshah railway station

With the completion of the Kazipet-Balharshah link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.

Bangalore Rajdhani Express

Train service 22693/22694 has 7 halts in either direction at Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmavaram Junction, Secunderabad Junction, Kazipet Junction Nagpur Junction, Bhopal Junction and Jhansi Junction.

Train service 22691/22692 has 11 halts in either direction at Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmavaram Junction, Anantapur, Raichur, Sedam, Secunderabad Junction, Kazipet Junction, Nagpur Junction, Bhopal Junction and Jhansi Junction.

Kazipet railway station

Opened in 2006, Kazipet electric loco shed houses 150+ WAG-7 locos.

Majri

It connects Sewagram Junction towards Nagpur-Delhi and Wardha Junction towards Ahmedabad on north-west direction, Chandrapur and Balharshah towards Kazipet-Chennai-Hyderabad on south-east direction, and Majri Khadan, Wani, Rajura, Pipalkutti, Adilabad and Mumbai on east direction.


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