Narsipatnam Road | |
Type: | Express train and Passenger train station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Narsipatnam, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 230NaN0[1] |
Line: | Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada of Howrah–Chennai main line and |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Parking: | Available |
Electrified: | 25 kV AC 50 Hz OHLE |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Central Railway zone |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Map Dot Label: | Narsipatnam Road railway station |
Map Size: | 260 |
Narsipatnam Road railway station (station code:NRP[2]), is an Indian Railways station in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is situated on Vijayawada–Gudur section of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.[3] It is the 152nd most busiest railway station in India.[4]
Between 1893 and 1896, 12880NaN0 of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic.[5] The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.[6]
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Narsipatnam Road is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-5 (NSG-5) railway station.[7] 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.[8]
It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).[9]