The Guntur–Krishna Canal section is a section of

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. It connects with and further, it also connects

Howrah–Chennai main line The Howrah–Chennai main line is a railway line connecting Chennai and Kolkata cutting across Eastern Coastal Plains of India. It covers a distance of across, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Sections The long trunk line ...

at Krishna Canal, Guntur–Macherla section,

Guntur–Tenali section The Guntur–Tenali section connects and of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It intersects Howrah–Chennai main line at . The section is an electrified double-track railway, with the second line opened on 26 April 2019. ...

, Tenali–Macherla sections at .

History

Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...

to Guntur

broad-gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

section was opened in 1966.

Jurisdiction

It is an

electrified Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source. The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic history ...

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having a length of .

References

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