The South Central Railways jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, and some portions of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It has six divisions under its administration, which include Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, and Vijayawada. The zone was formed on 2 October 1966 by merging the carved out divisionsof Hubli, Vijayawada of Southern Railway zone and Solapur, Secunderabad of Central Railway zone. South Central Railway achieved earnings of 12,100 crore during the financial year 2016-17.