Guntakal Junction railway station (station code: GTL[2]) is located in Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and serves Guntakal.

During the period 1861–1871 Madras Railway extended its Chennai–Arakkonnam line to Raichuru to join the Great Indian Peninsula Railway line, thereby linking Mumbai and Chennai with a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line in 1871.

[3] During 1888 to 1890 Southern Maharathna Railway developed a metre-gauge line from Vijayawada to Marmagova, passing through Guntakal.

[11] Since after overhaul with electric traction, Indian Railways also sanctioned electric loco shed and it holds WAG-7 class locomotives.

[13] Guntakal has been selected for the Adarsh Station Scheme, a scheme for upgradation of stations by the Indian Railways.