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Kakinada Town railway station

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Elevation
  
19 m (62 ft)

Parking
  
Available

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Location
  
Valemuri Vari Veedhi, Rama Rao Peta, Kakinada, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh India

Line(s)
  
Samalkot-kakinada port Kakinada Town Junction-Kotipalli

Tracks
  
Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Structure type
  
Standard (on ground station)

Platforms in use
  
3 (4th yet to be constructed)

Similar
  
Kakinada Port railway st, Samalkot Junction railway st, Nidadavolu Junction railway st, Rajahmundry railway station, Eluru railway station

Seshadri express departing from kakinada town railway station


Kakinada Town 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. It is well equipped with Computerised reservation facilities, Waiting Halls, refreshment rooms and retireing rooms. It is a home for some of the premium trains like Gowthami SF, Circar Express, Seshadri Express, Cocanada AC Express.

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Rail bus departing from kakinada town railway station


Special Trains

Kakinada town railway station is frequently connected with special trains from Hyderabad, Tirupati and Kollam throughout every year.

Classification

Kakinada Town railway station is an ‘A’–category station. It is recognized as a Model station, Adarsh station and Touch & Feel (Modern Stations) in the Vijayawada railway division.

Development

SCR recently installed Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM)s in this station.And also in the railway budget 2016-18 it was given amount of 200 crores to merge kakinada into chennai-Howrah main line.

References

Kakinada Town railway station Wikipedia