Secunderabad --- The proposal for constructing Secunderabad Railway Station was raised in 1870 when the Nizam of Hyderabad State decided to connect the state with the rest of Indian sub-continent. The Nizam's Railways was formed as a private company and construction of a railway line to connect Secunderabad with Wadi of GIPR started in the same year. After four years, the Secunderabad-Wadi Line was finished along with the Secunderabad Railway Station on 9th October 1874. The main portico and concourse are influenced by Asaf Jahi style architecture. The Nizam State took over the Nizam's Railway and the state owned Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway was formed in 1879. In 1871 the Secunderabad station was connected to the Singareni Collieries Company by a 235 km line. The Secunderabad-Wadi line was extended to Vijayawada in 1889. The Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway Company was established in 1900 with the opening of the Manmad-Secunderabad metre gauge line which eventually merged into Nizam's State Railways in 1930. On 5th November 1951, the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway was nationalized and merged into IR. The Secunderabad Railway Station is a junction of tracks from 5 directions - Guntakal-Bangalore line, Nanded line, Wadi line, Kazipet-Vijaywada line & Guntur-Tenali line. The station have 10 platforms with stoppage of 77 trains. About 64 trains originates/terminates at this junction. Station Code - SC.