Sitampet | |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Sitampet, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 220NaN0 |
Line: | Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section of Howrah–Chennai main line |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 2, side platforms are Gravel |
Tracks: | 2 broad gauge |
Parking: | Not available |
Electrified: | 1995–96 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Central Railway |
Status: | Active |
Map Type: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
Map State: | collapsed |
Sitampet railway station (station code:STPT[1]), is an Indian Railways station nearby Eluru city of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.[2] It halts for 8 trains every day.
Between 1893 and 1896, 12880NaN0 of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and, 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]
The Mustabad–Gannavaram–Nuzvid–Bhimadolu sector was electrified in 1995–96.[5]