Mandasa Road railway station
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Mandasa Road railway station | |||||||||||
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Passenger train station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Suvarnapuram, Mandasa Road, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°50′26″N 84°29′39″E / 18.840628°N 84.494113°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Howrah-Chennai main line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
Station code | MMS | ||||||||||
Zone(s) | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Khurda Road railway division | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1899 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | East Coast State Railway | ||||||||||
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Mandasa Road railway station is a railway station on Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section, part of the Howrah-Chennai main line under Khurda Road railway division of East Coast Railway zone. It is situated at Suvarnapuram, Mandasa Road in Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[1][2]
History
In between 1893 and 1896, the coastal railway track from Cuttack to Vijayawada was built and opened to traffic by East Coast State Railway.[3] The route was electrified in several phases. Khurda-Visakhapatnam section was completely electrified by 2002 and Howrah-Chennai route was fully electrified in 2005.[4]
References
- ^ M, Yash. "Mandasa Road Railway Station Map/Atlas ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "MMS / Mandasa Road Railway Station | Train Arrival / Departure Timings at Mandasa Road". www.totaltraininfo.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "South Eastern Railway". web.archive.org. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Part 7". Irfca.org. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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