Gannavaram railway station explained

Gannavaram railway station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Gannavaram, Vijayawada, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
Country:India
Coordinates:16.11°N 80.4943°W
Map Type:India#India Andhra Pradesh
Operator:Indian Railways
Line:Duvvada–Vijayawada section
Platforms:3
Structure:Standard (On ground)
Status:Active
Electrified:Yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map
Map State:collapsed

Gannavaram railway station (station code:GWM[1]) is an Indian Railways station in Gannavaram of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Duvvada–Vijayawada section of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone.[2] It serves one of the satellite stations of Vijayawada railway station.[3] It is one of the 27 rural stations in the state to have Wi-Fi.[4]

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Gannavaram is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.[5] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–6 category station earns nearly crore and handles close to passengers.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stations on the Tenali – Krishna Canal section. 12 September 2009. Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry. Ministry of Indian Railways. 1. PDF. 16 May 2016. 14 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170414150809/http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_scr.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Stations on the Gudivada–Machilipatnam section. 12 September 2009. Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry. Ministry of Indian Railways. 1. PDF. 23 June 2017. 14 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170414150809/http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_scr.pdf. dead.
  3. News: Papasani. Phanindra. Four satellite stations and additional 500 trains for Krishna Pushkarams. 28 April 2016. Times of India. 29 March 2016. Vijayawada.
  4. Web site: 51 railway stations across Andhra get free Wi-Fi facility. G. Sarthak. 7 February 2019. The Times of India. 2019-05-02.
  5. Web site: Stations – Category-wise (NEW) . Portal of Indian Railways . 23 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Categorization of Railway Stations . Press Information Bureau . 20 May 2019 . 21 March 2018.