| Railroad Name: | Vijayawada Railway division |
| Marks: | BZA |
| Locale: | Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Predecessor Line: | Southern Railways |
| Old Gauge: | Metre |
| Hq City: | Vijayawada |
Vijayawada railway division (formerly: Bezawada railway division[1]) is one of the six railway divisions under South Central Railways of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division are located at Vijayawada.[2]
It was formed as one of the eight divisions in Southern Railway on 16 May 1956. After the formation of South Central Railway zone, the division was integrated into it on 2 October 1966.[3]
On 27 February 2019, This division was announced to be integrated with South Coast Railway zone with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters.
The division is located completely in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It has a broad gauge route of 957.23km (594.8miles) and a running track of 1646.72km (1,023.22miles). It has a total electrified route of 733.25km (455.62miles) and a total track of 1928km (1,198miles).[4] The present Divisional Railway Manager is P.Srinivass.[5]
The Gudur–Duvvada (Vijayawada–Gudur(tripling under progress) and Vijayawada-Duvvada), Vijayawada–Kondapalli, Samalkot–Kakinada Port, Vijayawada-Bhimavaram-Nidadavolu, Bhimavaram–Narasapuram and Gudivada-Machilipatnam are electrified and double-track railway lines.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Kondapalli railway station is the divisional interchange station.[11]
The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of the Vijayawada division are listed below:
| Route | Type of track | Traction | Route (km.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – (excl.) (km 134.30–759.7) | Double & Triple | Electric | 623.66 | |
| – (km 586.5–568.0) | Electric | 18.5 | ||
| Electric | 36.70 | |||
| Electric | 29.46 | |||
| Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line (––) | Double | Electric | 154.75 | |
| Electric | 15.60 | |||
| –Krishnapatnam Port | Electric | 18.59 | ||
| – | Diesel | 44.70 | ||
| Total | 958.926 | |||
Under construction:
Source:
Note:
The revised station categorization is based on footfalls at the station and it includes three groups namely, Non-Suburban (NS), Suburban (S) and Halt (H). It is further divided into grades ranging from 1-6 for Non-Suburban, 1-3 for Suburban and 1-3 for Halt stations.[14], there are a total of 161 stations in the division. Out of these, 108 are categorized as Non-suburban, 48 as Halt stations. Five stations namely, Nidiguntapalem,, Krishnapatnam, Sarpavaram, Komarapudi does not handle any coaching traffic and six halt stations namely,, Kaikoram,, Kesavaram, Pedabrahmadevam, were closed.
| Category | No. of stations | Name of stations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non – Suburban | |||
| NSG-1 | Nil | — | |
| NSG-2 | 1 | ||
| NSG-3 | 9 | ,,,,,,,, | |
| NSG-4 | 10 | ,,,,,,,,, | |
| NSG-5 | 21 | Akividu,,,,,,, Kaikaluru,,,,,,,,,,,,, Veeravasaram, | |
| NSG-6 | 67 | Alluru Road, Ammanabrolu, Aravalli, Attili,,, Bayyavaram,,,, Chebrole,, Chinaganjam,,,,,,,,,,, Kaldhari, Karapa, Karavadi,, Kodavalur,, Kotipalli,, Mandavalli, Manubolu,, Moturu,,,,,, Pallevada,,, Pennada Agraharam, Pulla, Ramachandrapuram,,,,, Srivenkateswarapalem, Stuartpuram, Surareddipalem, Talamanchi, Tarigopulla,,, Tettu,,,, Undi,, Uppugundur,,, | |
| Halts | |||
| HG-1 | 1 | Nellore South | |
| HG-2 | 21 | Bhimavaram Town Halt,, Durgada gate, Indupalli, Ipurupalem, Jandrapeta, Kadavakuduru, Kasimkota,, Kothapandillapalli, Machavaram, Madhuranagar Halt, Manchili, Modukuru, Raparla, Relangi, Pasivedala, Putlacheruvu, Srungavruksham, Vadlamannadu, Vendra | |
| HG-3 | 26 | Aratlakatta, Cherukuvada, Chintaparru, Balabadhrapuram, Brahmanagudem, Draksharamam, Gangavaram, Guntakoduru,, Kovvada, Kunduru, Lakshminarayanapuram, Lankalakoderu, Mokhasakalavapudi, Narasapurapupeta, Nujella, Pasalapudi, Satyavada, Tennuru, Timmapuram, Unguturu, Vakada, Veeravalli, Velangi, Velpuru, Ventrapragada | |
| Total | 156 | - | |
The division operates around 274 passenger and 150 freight trains every day. There are a total of 222 electric, 34 diesel locos, 838 coaches, 29 MEMU, 37 DEMU's. Vijayawada railway division generates much of its revenue from freight transport, which includes major commodities like coal, fertilisers, food grains, cement etc. Krishnapatnam and Kakinada Ports are the two main revenue earners for the division in freight transport.[16] During 2013–14, it handled a divisional record of passengers.[17] In the financial year 2018–19, the gross earnings of the division were a whooping .[18] It includes, in terms of freight and by passenger transport. In the same fiscal year, it recorded as the only division with 9.3 metric tonnes of freight loading in the country.[19]
The below table shows the revenue and serving traffic of both passenger and freight from 2017–18 financial year.
| Revenue (in million rupees) | 2017–18[20] | 2018–19 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freight | |||
| Passenger | |||
| Gross (includes sundry / other revenues) |