Vijayawada railway division

Vijayawada railway division is one of the four divisions under South Coast Railway zone (SCoR) of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division is located at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

History

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.

On 27 February 2019, this division was announced to be integrated with South Coast Railway zone with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters.

On 1 June 2026, Vijayawada railway division became part of South Coast Railway zone.

Administration and jurisdiction

The division is located completely in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It has a broad gauge route of and a running track of . It has a total electrified route of and a total track of . The present Divisional Railway Manager is P.Srinivass.

Sections and branch lines

Vijayawada–Duvvada Vijayawada–Gudur Vijayawada–Kondapalli Vijayawada–Nidadavolu Gudivada –Machilipatnam Bhimavaram–Narasapuram Samalkot–Kakinada Port BZA division having single, electrified and double-track railway lines. Kondapalli railway station is the divisional interchange station.

The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of the Vijayawada division are listed below:

Route Type oftrack Traction Route(km.) – (excl.)(km 134.30–759.7) Double & Triple Electric 623.66 – Motumarri(excl)(km 586.5–525.0) Triple Electric 61.5 Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line(––) Double Electric 154.75 Bhimavaram–Narasapur branch line Double Electric 29.46 Gudivada–Machilipatnam Double Electric 36.70 Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line Double Electric 15.60 – Single Diesel 44.70 Obulavaripalli-–Krishnapatnam Port Single & Double Electric 109.44 Total 1111.114

Under construction: - railway line Tripling of Double Electric Line from Kondapalle - Gudur

Source: Vijayawada Division System map Jurisdiction

Note: excl.– Station excluded / not under the divisional jurisdiction km– Kilometer measure of distance between two lines Vijayawada–Gudivada section (42.69 km) is covered in Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line. Duvvada–Gudur section covers, both Duvvada–Vijayawada section and Vijayawada–Gudur sections)

Stations categories

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. , 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 1 NSG-2 Nil NSG-3 10 , , , , , , , , , , 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 1Nellore South HG-2 20 , 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 -

Source: Stations – Category-wise (NEW)

Performance and earnings

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. During 2013–14, it handled a divisional record of passengers. In the financial year 2018–19, the gross earnings of the division were a whooping . 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.

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 2018–19 Freight Passenger Gross(includes sundry / other revenues)

Awards and achievements

The office of the Vijayawada Divisional Regional Manager was awarded the certified by the National Energy Conservation Award (NECA)-2013 based on the steps taken on energy efficiency. It also won 19 of 58 shields based on its performance in 2013. During the 64th Railway week, the division was awarded General Manager's Efficiency and 11 other awards. Vijayawada railway station was awarded Green Railway Stations Certificate by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), which secured 71 points out of 100.

Vijayawada railway division

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