Rail Nilayam | |
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రైల్ నిలయం | |
![]() Rail Nilayam, lit up with the Indian tricolor on the 67th Independence Day | |
Alternative names | Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad |
General information | |
Status | Functioning |
Address | S Central Railway, Rail Nilayam Colony, Secunderabad, Telangana 500071 |
Town or city | Hyderabad, Telangana |
Country | India |
Coordinates | 17°26′19″N 78°30′39″E / 17.4386004°N 78.5108461°E |
Opened | 1972 |
Owner | Government of India |
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Rail Nilayam is a landmark building in Hyderabad that is the zonal headquarters of the South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[1] It is located near the Marredpally neighbourhood of Secunderabad, Telangana, India.
The Office of General Manager, SCR Zone is located on the premises of this building. Apart from the GM, all top officials and department heads from various divisions of the SC Railway zone sit in this building.[2] Rail Nilayam is the foremost policy-making body that takes all decisions pertaining to the functioning and operation in the SCR railway division.
The Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering & Telecommunications (IRISET), a premier centralised training institute on Indian Railways that imparts training in railway signalling & telecommunications is also located here.[3]