Owned by Indian Railways Status Functioning Elevation 925 m Owner Indian Railways Tracks 4 | Operated by East Coast Railway Station code ARK Phone 095025 12489 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location Araku, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
India Line(s) Kothavalasa–Kirandul line Address Araku, Andhra Pradesh 531151 Similar Padmapuram Gardens, Kirandul railway station, Kothavalasa railway station, Visakhapatnam railway station, Simhachalam railway station | ||
Araku railway station
Araku railway station is located in Araku Valley of Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It belongs to East Coast Railway zone under Waltair railway division. The railway station is situated at about 935 meters elevation.
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Araku railway station
History
In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kothavalasa – Araku – Koraput – Jeypore – Jagdalpur – Dantewara – Kirandaul line, the Jharsuguda – Sambalpur – Bargarh – Balangir – Titlagarh Project and the Biramitrapur – Rourkela – Bimlagarh – Kiriburu project. All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the Dandakaranya – Bolangir – Kiriburu project (under Dandakaranya Project ). The Kothavalasa–Kirandul line was opened in 1966–67 under South Eastern Railway Zone with financial aid of Japan for transporting Iron ore.
Electrification of the Araku railway station was completed in 1982