Annavaram అన్నవరం | |
Type: | Express train and Passenger train station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Annavaram, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 280NaN0[1] |
Line: | Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada of Howrah–Chennai main line and |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | 5 |
Parking: | Available |
Electrified: | 25 kV AC 50 Hz OHLE |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Coast Railway zone |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India#India Andhra Pradesh |
Map Dot Label: | Annavaram railway station |
Map Size: | 260 |
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]
Between 1893 and 1896, 12880NaN0 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]
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 – crore and handles passengers.[7]
It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).[8]