Nidadavolu Junction | |
Type: | Indian Railways junction station |
Address: | Main road, Nidadavolu, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 16.8977°N 81.6744°W |
Map Type: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
Operator: | Indian Railways |
Line: | Howrah–Chennai main line Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section |
Platforms: | 3 |
Tracks: | 5 broad gauge |
Structure: | On Ground |
Parking: | Available |
Status: | Active |
Electrified: | Yes |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
Map State: | collapsed |
Nidadavolu Junction railway station (station code:NDD[1]) located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Nidadavolu in East Godavari district. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.[2]
Between 1893 and 1896, 12880NaN0 of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack, was opened for traffic.[3] The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.[4]
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Nidadavolu is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-4 (NSG-4) railway station.[5] 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.[6]
It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).[7]