Annavaram railway station
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Annavaram అన్నవరం | |||||
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 Annavaram railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Annavaram, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 17°16′09″N 82°25′09″E / 17.269081°N 82.419126°E | ||||
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft)[1] | ||||
| System | Express train and Passenger train station | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | South Coast Railway zone | ||||
| Line | Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada of Howrah–Chennai main line and | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Tracks | 5 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | ANV | ||||
| Zone(s) | South Coast Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Vijayawada | ||||
| History | |||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC 50 Hz OHLE | ||||
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Annavaram railway station (station code:ANV[2]), is an Indian Railways station in Annavaram, a village in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Vijayawada–Chennai section and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. Forty-seven trains halt in this station every day. It is the 345th-busiest station in the country.[3][unreliable source?]
Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic.[4] The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.[5]
Classification
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Annavaram is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-4 (NSG-4) railway station.[6] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–4 category station earns between ₹10–₹20 crore and handles 2–5 million passengers.[7]
