Kovvur railway station explained

Kovvur
Type:	Indian Railways station
Address:	Kovvur, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh
Country:	India
Coordinates:	17.0069°N 81.7264°W
Line:	Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section
Platforms:	3
Structure:	Standard (on ground station)
Status:	Active
Electrified:	Yes
Map Type:	India Andhra Pradesh#India
Style:	Indian Railways
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Caption:	Interactive map
Map State:	collapsed

Kovvur railway station (station code:KVR^[1]), is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, which serves the town of Kovvur in East Godavari district. It is located on Howrah–Chennai main line and falls in the Vijayawada railway division of the South Central Railway.^[2]

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Kovvur is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-5 (NSG-5) railway station.^[3] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–5 category station earns between – crore and handles passengers.^[4]

Station amenities

It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Distances in kilometers between stations on the Nidadavolu Jn. – Kovvuru section . Indian Railways . 30 April 2019 . 2 . PDF . 12 September 2009 . 14 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170414150809/http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_scr.pdf . dead .
Web site: Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations . 18 January 2016 . 7 . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128044328/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/StationRedevelopment/AI%26ACategoryStns.pdf . 28 January 2016 .
Web site: Stations – Category-wise (NEW) . Portal of Indian Railways . 23 April 2019.
Web site: Categorization of Railway Stations . Press Information Bureau . 20 May 2019 . 21 March 2018.
News: Correspondent . Special . SCR introduces mobile paper ticketing facility in 38 stations . 5 May 2019 . The Hindu . 27 January 2017 .