Vatlur | |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Vijayawada Road, Vatluru, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 16m (52feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Chennai main line |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 4 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Central Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
Map Type: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
Vatlur railway station (station code:VAT[1]) serves the village of Vatluru in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is on the Howrah–Chennai main line around 8 km from Eluru railway station. It is under Vijayawada division of South Central Railway.[2]
It has two platforms, serving up and down trains. It has a general ticket booking counter. First platform has cement seatings for passengers. It also has a general waiting hall on first platform. Local passenger trains stop at this station.
The Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section was completely electrified by 1997. The Howrah–Chennai route was completely electrified by 2005.[3] A SSP is built beside Vatlur railway station.
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Vatlur 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]