Tadepalligudem railway station (station code:TDD[1]) located in Andhra Pradesh, serves Tadepalligudem in West Godavari district. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone (formerly South Central Railway zone).[2]
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| Location | Station Road, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°48′37″N 81°31′36″E / 16.8102155°N 81.5266013°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Howrah–Chennai main line Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | On ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
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| Station code | TDD | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | South Central Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Vijayawada | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
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History
editBetween 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic.[3] The southern part of the West Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.[4]
Classification
editIn terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Tadepalligudem is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-3 (NSG-3) railway station.[5] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–3 category station earns between ₹20–₹100 crore and handles 5–10 million passengers.[6] The station is one of the Google Stations available in this division
Passenger lifts are available on both Platform 1 and Platform 2
It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).[7]
References
edit- ^ "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. 2015. p. 46. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. 28 January 2016. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "IR History: Part III (1900–1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Stations – Category-wise (NEW)". Portal of Indian Railways. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Categorization of Railway Stations". Press Information Bureau. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Correspondent, Special (27 January 2017). "SCR introduces mobile paper ticketing facility in 38 stations". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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