Nadikudi railway station

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Nadikudi

నడికుడి
Indian Junction Railway Station
General information
LocationDachepalle, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh
India
Coordinates16°21′14″N 79°26′17″E / 16.3539°N 79.438°E / 16.3539; 79.438
Elevation98 m (322 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth Central Railway
Line(s)Nadikudi-Pagidipalli section
Guntur-Macherla section
Platforms3
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeStandard
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNDKD
Zone(s) South Central Railway
Division(s) GunturTooltip Guntur railway division
History
Opened1930; 94 years ago (1930)
ElectrifiedNo

Nadikudi is a railway junction in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India .

History

Historically, Nadikudi was a metre gauge station.[1] Trains which travelled from Guntur to Macherla used to pass through Nadikudi. Later, Guntur-Macherla section was converted from Meter 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 town nearest town to Nadikudi is Dachepalle. Nadikudi is located on the Pagidipalli-Nallapadu section of Guntur(GNT), South Central Railway Zone (India) (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.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mile stones in SCR".
  2. ^ "Evolution of Guntur Division" (PDF). South Central Railway. p. 9,11. Retrieved 30 November 2015.