Thadi | |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Thadi, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 350NaN0 |
Line: | Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section of Howrah–Chennai main line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | broad gauge |
Parking: | Not available |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India Visakhapatnam |
Map Dot Label: | Thadi |
Thadi railway station (station code: THY[1]), located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Golagam and Thadi villages from Anakapalle mandal in Anakapalli district. It lies in Howrah–Chennai main line. It is 10 km from and 6 km from .
Between 1893 and 1896, 12880NaN0 of the East Coast State Railway was opened for traffic. In 1898–99, Bengal Nagpur Railway was linked to the lines in southern India.[2]
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was established in the 1980s and the first coke oven battery was commissioned in 1989.[3]
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Thadi is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.[4] 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.[5]