Nadikudi railway station
Nadikudi Junction | |||||
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| Indian Railways junction station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Dachepalle, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 16°21′14″N 79°26′17″E / 16.3539°N 79.438°E | ||||
| Elevation | 98 m (322 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | South Central Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Nadikudi-Pagidipalli section Nadikudi-Macherla branch line Nadikudi-Srikalahasti section | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Accessible |  [citation needed] | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | NDKD | ||||
| Zone(s) | South Central Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Guntur | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1930[citation needed] | ||||
| Electrified | Electrification is done | ||||
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Nadikudi railway station (station code:NDKD[1]), is a railway junction in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.[2]
History
Historically, Nadikudi was a metre-gauge station.[3] Trains which travelled from Guntur to Macherla used to pass through Nadikudi. Later, Guntur–Macherla section, Tenali–Macherla section was converted from metre gauge to broad gauge and a new line was laid from Bibinagar near Hyderabad to Nadikudi, thus making Nadikudi a junction.
Route
Trains that go to Macherla divert at Nadikudi Junction. The nearest town to Nadikudi is Dachepalle. Nadikudi is located on the Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section of Guntur(GNT), South Central Railway zone (SCR).
Station category
Nadikudi railway station is classified as a D–category station. It is one of the four Model stations in the Guntur railway division of South Central Railway zone.[4]
Freight
It handles freight traffic and the main commodities include, cement, rice and paddy.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Distances in kilometers between stations on the Nadikude Jn. – Vishnupuram section" (PDF). Indian Railways. 12 September 2009. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Jonathan, P. Samuel (4 May 2019). "Delay in land acquisition emerges bottleneck for Nadikudi-Srikalahasti rail line". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Mile stones in SCR".
- ^ "Evolution of Guntur Division" (PDF). South Central Railway. pp. 9, 11. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Operations scenario" (PDF). South Central Railway zone. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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