Gunadala railway station explained

Gunadala railway station
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Gunadala, Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh
Country:India
Line:Howrah–Chennai main line
Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam line
Structure:Standard (on ground station)
Platform:2
Status:Active
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Zone:South Coast Railway
Map Type:India Andhra Pradesh#India
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map
Map State:collapsed

Gunadala railway station (station code:GALA[1]) is an Indian Railways station in the Gunadala neighbourhood of Vijayawada, and a satellite station of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.[2] [3] It is situated on Vijayawada - Rajahmundry section of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered by Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. It is an important station alongside, for devotees during the annual Mary Matha festival, celebrated at Gunadala Matha Shrine in the city.[4] It is one of the 27 rural stations in the state to have Wi-Fi.[5]

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Gunadala is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.[6] 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.[7]

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.
  2. News: Train services to be partially affected for nine days. 20 April 2017. The Hindu.
  3. News: A way out to decongest Vijayawada railway station. 16 January 2016. The Hindu. 4 June 2015. Vijayawada.
  4. News: Three-day Mary Matha festival takes off to a colourful start at Gunadala . 29 April 2019 . The New Indian Express.
  5. Web site: 51 railway stations across Andhra get free Wi-Fi facility. G. Sarthak. 7 February 2019. The Times of India. 2 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Stations – Category-wise (NEW) . Portal of Indian Railways . 23 April 2019.
  7. Web site: Categorization of Railway Stations . Press Information Bureau . 20 May 2019 . 21 March 2018.