Badampudi railway station
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Indian Railway Station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Badampudi, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°49′41″N 81°28′26″E / 16.828125°N 81.473823°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | South Coast Railway zone | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada section of Howrah-Chennai main line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms are Gravel | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
Parking | Not available | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | BPY | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Vijayawada | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1893–96 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1995–96 | ||||||||||
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Badampudi railway station (station code:BPY[1]), is an Indian railway station in Badampudi village of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pulla village. It lies on the Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line of Howrah-Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone.[2] It halts for 10 trains every day.
History
Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack, was opened for traffic.[3] The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.[4]
Classification
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Badampudi is categorized as a Non-Subruban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.[5] 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 ₹1 crore and handles close to 1 million passengers.[6]
References
- ^ "Distances in kilometers between stations on the Nuzvid - Navabpalem section" (PDF). Indian Railways. 12 September 2009. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "BPY/Badampudi Railway Station - Train Departure Timings". India Rail Info.
- ^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "IR History: Part III (1900-1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Stations – Category-wise (NEW)". Portal of Indian Railways. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Categorization of Railway Stations". Press Information Bureau. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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