Hamsavaram railway station
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Hamsavaram | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Hamsavaram, Andhra Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 17°18′58″N 82°29′22″E / 17.316169°N 82.489354°E | ||||
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) | ||||
| System | Passenger train station | ||||
| Line | Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section of Howrah–Chennai main line | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 2 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | HVM | ||||
| Zone(s) | South Coast Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Vijayawada | ||||
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Hamsavaram railway station (station code:HVM[1]), is an Indian Railways station in Hamsavaram of Kakinada district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Howrah–Chennai main line. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. It is 3378th most busiest railway station in India[2] It halts 8 trains every day.
Between 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 East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.[4]
