# Vijayawada railway division

Vijayawada railway division is one of the six railway divisions under South Coast Railways of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division are located at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

## History

It was formed as one of the eight divisions in Southern Railway on 16 May 1956. After the formation of South Central Railway zone, the division was integrated into it on 2 October 1966.
On 27 February 2019, This division was announced to be integrated with South Coast Railway zone with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters.

## Administration and jurisdiction

The division is located completely in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It has a broad gauge route of 957.23 km (594.80 mi) and a running track of 1,646.72 km (1,023.22 mi). It has a total electrified route of 733.25 km (455.62 mi) and a total track of 1,928 km (1,198 mi). The present Divisional Railway Manager is P.Srinivass.

### Sections and branch lines

The Gudur–Duvvada (Vijayawada–Gudur(tripling under progress) and Vijayawada-Duvvada), Vijayawada–Kondapalli, Samalkot–Kakinada Port, Vijayawada-Bhimavaram-Nidadavolu, Bhimavaram–Narasapuram and Gudivada-Machilipatnam are electrified and double-track railway lines. Kondapalli railway station is the divisional interchange station.
The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of the Vijayawada division are listed below:
| Route | Type of track | Traction | Route (km.) |
| Gudur–Duvvada (excl.) (km 134.30–759.7) | Double & Triple | Electric | 623.66 |
| Vijayawada–Kondapalli (km 586.5–568.0) | Triple | Electric | 18.5 |
| Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line (Vijayawada–Bhimavaram Town–Nidadavolu) | Double | Electric | 154.75 |
| Bhimavaram–Narasapur branch line | Double | Electric | 29.46 |
| Gudivada–Machilipatnam | Double | Electric | 36.70 |
| Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line | Double | Electric | 15.60 |
| Kakinada Town–Kotipalli | Single | Diesel | 44.70 |
| Venkatachalam–Krishnapatnam Port | Single | Electric | 18.59 |
| Total | Total | Total | 958.926 |
Under construction:
* Kotipalli-narasapur railway line
* Tripling of Double Electric Line from Kondapalle - Gudur
Source:
* Vijayawada Division System map
* Jurisdiction
Note:
* excl.– Station excluded / not under the divisional jurisdiction
* km– Kilometer measure of distance between two lines
* Vijayawada–Gudivada section (42.69 km) is covered in Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line. Duvvada–Gudur section covers, both Duvvada–Vijayawada section and Vijayawada–Gudur sections)

### Stations categories

The revised station categorization is based on footfalls at the station and it includes three groups namely, Non-Suburban (NS), Suburban (S) and Halt (H). It is further divided into grades ranging from 1-6 for Non-Suburban, 1-3 for Suburban and 1-3 for Halt stations. As of 10 July 2018, there are a total of 161 stations in the division. Out of these, 108 are categorized as Non-suburban, 48 as Halt stations. Five stations namely, Nidiguntapalem, Venkatachalam, Krishnapatnam, Sarpavaram, Komarapudi does not handle any coaching traffic and six halt stations namely, Sitampet, Kaikoram, Marampalli, Kesavaram, Pedabrahmadevam, Gudaparti were closed.
| Category | No. of stations | Name of stations |
| Non – Suburban |||
| NSG-1 | Nil | Vijayawada |
| NSG-2 | 1 | |
| NSG-3 | 9 | Eluru, Gudur Junction, Kakinada Town, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Samalkot Junction, Tenali Junction, Tuni |
| NSG-4 | 10 | Chirala, Tadepalligudem, Nidadavolu Junction, Kakinada Port, Kavali,Annavaram,Anakapalle, Bhimavaram Junction, Narasapur, Gudivada Junction |
| NSG-5 | 21 | Akividu, Anaparti, Bapatla, Bitragunta, Dwarapudi, Elamanchili, Godavari, Kaikaluru, Kovvur, Machilipatnam, Narsipatnam Road, Nidubrolu, Nuzvid, Palakollu, Pedana, Pithapuram, Powerpet, Tanuku, Singarayakonda, Vedayapalem, Veeravasaram, |
| NSG-6 | 67 | Alluru Road, Ammanabrolu, Aravalli, Attili, Appikatla, Badampudi, Bayyavaram, Bhimadolu, Bikkavolu, Chagallu, Chebrole, Chilakalapudi, Chinaganjam, Denduluru, Dosapadu, Duggirala, Gannavaram, Gollaprolu, Gudlavalleru, Gullipadu, Gunadala, Hamsavaram, Kadiyam, Kaldhari, Karapa, Karavadi, Kavutaram, Kodavalur, Kondapalli, Kotipalli, Krishna Canal, Mandavalli, Manubolu, Medapadu, Moturu, Mustabada, Navabpalem, Narasingapalli, Nidamanuru, Padugupadu, Pallevada, Peda Avutapalli, Pedavadlapudi, Pennada Agraharam, Pulla, Ramachandrapuram, Ramavarappadu, Ravikampadu, Rayanapadu, Regupalem, Srivenkateswarapalem, Stuartpuram, Surareddipalem, Talamanchi, Tarigopulla, Tanguturu, Telaprolu, Tettu, Thadi, Tsunduru, Ulavapadu, Undi, Uppaluru, Uppugundur, Vatlur, Vetapalem, Venkatachalam |
| Halts |||
| HG-1 | 1 | Nellore South |
| HG-2 | 21 | Bhimavaram Town Halt, Chiluvur, Durgada gate, Indupalli, Ipurupalem, Jandrapeta, Kadavakuduru, Kasimkota, Kolakaluru, Kothapandillapalli, Machavaram, Madhuranagar Halt, Manchili, Modukuru, Raparla, Relangi, Pasivedala, Putlacheruvu, Srungavruksham, Vadlamannadu, Vendra |
| HG-3 | 26 | Aratlakatta, Cherukuvada, Chintaparru, Balabadhrapuram, Brahmanagudem, Draksharamam, Gangavaram, Guntakoduru, Kolanukonda, Kovvada, Kunduru, Lakshminarayanapuram, Lankalakoderu, Mokhasakalavapudi, Narasapurapupeta, Nujella, Pasalapudi, Satyavada, Tennuru, Timmapuram, Unguturu, Vakada, Veeravalli, Velangi, Velpuru, Ventrapragada |
| Total | 156 | - |
* Source: Stations – Category-wise (NEW)

## Performance and earnings

The division operates around 274 passenger and 150 freight trains every day. There are a total of 222 electric, 34 diesel locos, 838 coaches, 29 MEMU, 37 DEMU's. Vijayawada railway division generates much of its revenue from freight transport, which includes major commodities like coal, fertilisers, food grains, cement etc. Krishnapatnam and Kakinada Ports are the two main revenue earners for the division in freight transport. During 2013–14, it handled a divisional record of 100 million passengers. In the financial year 2018–19, the gross earnings of the division were a whooping ₹5,137.00 crore (US$590 million). It includes, ₹3,965.29 crore (US$460 million) in terms of freight and ₹1,042.23 crore (US$120 million) by passenger transport. In the same fiscal year, it recorded as the only division with 9.3 metric tonnes of freight loading in the country.
The below table shows the revenue and serving traffic of both passenger and freight from 2017–18 financial year.
| Revenue (in million rupees) | 2017–18 | 2018–19 |
| Freight | 26465.0 | 39652.9 |
| Passenger | 9823.4 | 10422.3 |
| Gross (includes sundry / other revenues) | 37480.5 | 51,370.0 |

## Awards and achievements

* The office of the Vijayawada Divisional Regional Manager was awarded the certified by the National Energy Conservation Award (NECA)-2013 based on the steps taken on energy efficiency. It also won 19 of 58 shields based on its performance in 2013.
* During the 64th Railway week, the division was awarded General Manager's Efficiency and 11 other awards.
* Vijayawada railway station was awarded Green Railway Stations Certificate by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), which secured 71 points out of 100.