Elevation 9 m (30 ft) Opened 2011 | Parking Available Platforms in use 3 | |
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Line(s) Samalkot-Kakinada branch line Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Structure type Standard (on ground station) Similar Kakinada Town railway st, Samalkot Junction railway st, Vijayawada Junction railway st, Rajahmundry railway station, Kacheguda railway station | ||
Kakinada Port railway station is an Indian railway station in Kakinada of East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line, a branch line of Howrah–Chennai main line. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.
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History
Kakinada Port railway station was built at a cost of ₹5 crore (US$740,000) and was opened on 26 December 2011.
Classification
Kakinada Port railway station is a ‘B’ category station and also recognized as Model station in the Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.
Development
The Kakinada Port Railway Station has three platforms.
The trains originating/terminating from Kakinada Port Railway Station are as follows: 1) 12737/8 Kakinada Port - Secunderabad Gowtami Super Fast Express 2) 17643/4 Kakinada Port - Chengalapattu Circar Express 3) 17203/4 Kakinada Port - Bhavnagar Express 4) 17205/6 Kakinada Port - Sai Nagar Shirdi Express 5) 17221/2 Kakinada Port - Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express 6) 57257/8 Kakinada Port - Tirupati Passenger 7) 57231/2 Kakinada Port - Vijayawada Fast Passenger 8) 57255/6 Kakinada Port - Visakhapatnam Passenger
As Kakinada Port is a terminus station there are no passing trains which go beyond Kakinada Port. After Kakinada Port Station limits, the railway line further branches out to follwoing destinations: 1) Coaching Depot - Kakinada Port 2) Jetty Siding 3) NFCL Siding 4) GFCL Siding 5) KSPL Siding 6) KSPL Yard
The trains that undergo Primary Maintenance at Coaching Depot - Kakinada Port are as follows : 1) 12737/8 Kakinada Port - Secunderabad Gowtami Super Fast Express 2) 17203/4 Kakinada Port - Bhavnagar Express 3) 17205/6 Kakinada Port - Sai Nagar Shirdi Express 4) 17221/2 Kakinada Port - Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express 5) 17209/10Kakinada Town - Bengaluru City Seshadri Express 6) 12775/6 Kakinada Town - Secunderabad Cocanada AC Super Fast Express 7) 57257/8 Kakinada Port - Tirupati Passenger
There are two pitlines which can each accommodate 26 coacher rake at the Coaching Depot - Kakinada Port.
Kakinada-Pithapuram line project was sanctioned in the Railway Budget for 2012-13 and the proposed alignment may start from the KSPL Yard, pass through Panduru, Chitrada and join the Samalkot Pitapuram railway line at Pitapuram. SCR recently installed Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM)s in this station.