Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line

Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	Andhra Pradesh
Termini	Gudivada Machilipatnam
Service
Operator(s)	South Central Railway
Technical
Line length	36.70 km (22.80 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge

The Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line is a railway line connecting Gudivada and Machilipatnam of Krishna district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Further, this section intersects Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line at Gudivada.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Jurisdiction

This branch line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone with a length of 36.70 km (22.80 mi).^[4]^[5]

				km
					to Vijayawada–Gudivada section
					to Gudivada–Bhimavaram section
				0	Gudivada
				6	Nujella
				11	Gudlavalleru
				15	Kavatavaram
				19	Vadlamannadu
				27	Pedana
				33	Chilakapudi
				37	Machilipatnam

^ "Map of Gudivada". India Rail Info. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^ Staff Reporter. "Doubling of Vijayawada-Bhimavaram line to boost economy". The Hindu.
^ G. V. R. Subba Rao; V. Raghavendra (8 July 2014). "Politicians fail to make railway projects a reality". The Hindu. Vijayawada. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ "South Central Railway". www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Stations on the Gudivada–Machilipatnam section" (PDF). Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry. Ministry of Indian Railways. 12 September 2009. p. 6. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

Railways in Southern India

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.