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Nadikudi railway station

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Nadikude Junction
Indian Railways junction station
Nadikudi Junction railway station
General information
LocationDachepalle, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh
India
Coordinates16°21′14″N 79°26′17″E / 16.3539°N 79.438°E / 16.3539; 79.438
Elevation98 m (322 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth Central Railway
Line(s)Nadikudi-Pagidipalli section
Nadikudi-Macherla branch line
Nadikudi-Srikalahasti section
Platforms4
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeStandard
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access[citation needed]
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNDKD
Zone(s) South Central Railway
Division(s) GunturTooltip Guntur railway division
History
Opened1930; 94 years ago (1930)[citation needed]
ElectrifiedYes
Location
Nadikude Junction is located in Andhra Pradesh
Nadikude Junction
Nadikude Junction
Location in Andhra Pradesh
Nadikude Junction is located in India
Nadikude Junction
Nadikude Junction
Location in India

Nadikudi railway station (station code:NDKD[1]), is a railway junction in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.[2]

History

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Historically, Nadikudi was a metre-gauge station.[3] Trains which travelled from Guntur to Macherla used to pass through Nadikudi. Later, Guntur–Macherla section, Tenali–Macherla section was converted from metre gauge to broad gauge and a new line was laid from Bibinagar near Hyderabad to Nadikudi, thus making Nadikudi a junction.

Route

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Trains that go to Macherla divert at Nadikudi Junction. The nearest town to Nadikudi is Dachepalle. Nadikudi is located on the PagidipalliNallapadu section of Guntur Division(GNT), in South Central Railway zone (SCR).

Connectivity

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Nadikude Junction is well connected with Guntur, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vizag and other important destinations like Tirupati, Chennai, Trivandrum Central, Kakinada, Nagarsol, Narsapur, Mumbai, Pune, Bhavnagar Terminus, Ahmedabad. Nadikude Junction have 34 trains passing through it, of which there are 2 Terminating and 2 Originating trains including Kacheguda- Nadikude-Kacheguda Demu.

Amenities

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Some of the basic amenities available in Nadikudi railway station are :

• Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM)

• Reservation booking counter

• Parking facility

• Display Boards

• LED Displays

• Waiting halls (also reserved waiting hall)

• Catering stalls

• Cool drinking water

• Washrooms

• Exclusive washrooms & drinking water facilities for divyaang.

• Sitting benches

• Foot Over Bridge

Station category

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Nadikudi railway station is classified as a D–category station. It is one of the four Model stations in the Guntur railway division of South Central Railway zone.[4]

Freight

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It handles freight traffic and the main commodities include, cement, rice and paddy.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Distances in kilometers between stations on the Nadikude Jn. – Vishnupuram section" (PDF). Indian Railways. 12 September 2009. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ Jonathan, P. Samuel (4 May 2019). "Delay in land acquisition emerges bottleneck for Nadikudi-Srikalahasti rail line". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mile stones in SCR".
  4. ^ "Evolution of Guntur Division" (PDF). South Central Railway. pp. 9, 11. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Operations scenario" (PDF). South Central Railway zone. Retrieved 17 January 2017.