Elevation 56 m (184 ft) Opened 1896 | Parking Available Platforms in use 5 | |
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Location Visakhapatnam-Aarku Road, Kothavalasa, Vizianagaram dt., Andhra Pradesh
India Line(s) Khurda Road-Visakhapatnam section of Howrah-Chennai main line
Kothavalasa-Kirandul line Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Structure type Standard (on ground station) Address Araku - Visakhapatnam Rd, Kothavalasa, Andhra Pradesh 535183 Formerlies East Coast State Railway, Bengal Nagpur Railway Similar Simhachalam railway station, Naupada railway station, Nidadavolu Junction railway st, Kovvur railway station, Parvathipuram railway station | ||
Kothavalasa railway station, located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Kothavalasa in Vizianagaram district. It is a major freight transit point with iron ore rakes travelling from mines around Kirandul and Bailadila in Chhattisgarh to Visakhapatnam Port.
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History
Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway was opened for traffic. In 1898-99, Bengal Nagpur Railway was linked to the lines in southern India.
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-Kirandaul line was opened in 1966-67.
Electrification
The Visakhapatnam - Kothavalasa - Araku - Koraput - Jeypore - Jagdalpur - Dantewara - Kirandul section was electrified in the year 1980-83.
Railway reorganization
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.