Rail Nilayam

{{short description|Indian railway landmark building in Hyderabad}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox building | native_name= {{nobold|{{lang|te|రైల్ నిలయం}}}} | name = Rail Nilayam | former_names = | alternate_names = Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad | status = Functioning | image = Rail Nilayam Secunderabad.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = Rail Nilayam, lit up with the Indian tricolor on the 67th Independence Day | pushpin_map = India Hyderabad#India Telangana#India | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Hyderabad##Telangana##Location in India | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = Government of India | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = | address = S Central Railway, Rail Nilayam Colony, Secunderabad, Telangana 500071 | location_town = Hyderabad, Telangana | location_country = India | coordinates = {{coord|17.4386004|78.5108461|display=title,inline}} | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = | opened_date = {{start date and age|1972}} | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = | architect = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | parking = | website = {{url|1=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,283}} }}

'''Rail Nilayam''' is a landmark building in Hyderabad that is the zonal headquarters of the South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us - South Central Railway |url=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,283 |publisher=SCR}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thermal scanners at Secunderabad railway station |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/thermal-scanners-at-secunderabad-railway-station/article31112064.ece |work=The Hindu |date=20 March 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=India |first1=The Hans |title=Secunderabad: IRISET gets new Director General |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/secunderabad-iriset-gets-new-director-general-611429 |work=www.thehansindia.com |date=12 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== History == Rail Nilayam was inaugurated with ground floor to third floor in the year 1968 and the building was fully completed in the year 1972. The very First Digital Electronic Exchange was inaugurated on South Central Railway in July 1988 at Rail Nilayam.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us - South Central Railway |url=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,283 |publisher=SCR}}</ref>

In the year 2017, the building became the first fully LED-lit Zonal headquarters building of the Indian Railways. 3,048 conventional light fittings were replaced with energy efficient LED lights. Consequently, the connected load earlier, of conventional light fittings of Rail Nilayam that stood at 112.25 kW was reduced to 65.8KW after provision of the new LED lighting thereby lessening the connected load by 46.45 kW. This marked a major milestone in the efforts of Indian Railways towards energy conservation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rail Nilayam in Hyderabad is first LED-lit HQ building of Indian Railways |url=https://telanganatoday.com/rail-nilayam-in-hyderabad-is-first-led-lit-hq-building-on-indian-railways |work=Telangana Today |date=22 December 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{ccat|South Central Railway Zone, India}} * [https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/ Official website of the South Central Railway Zone]

Category:South Central Railway zone Category:Rail transport in Telangana Category:Ministry of Railways (India) Category:Government buildings in Telangana