Nuzvid railway station (station code:NZD), is the railway station under the jurisdiction of
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...
. It serves
Hanuman Junction
Hanuman Junction is a town which lies between the borders of Krishna district, Krishna and Eluru district, Eluru District of Andhra Pradesh state in India. Hanuman Junction gets its name because it is located in the Junction (road), X-Junctio ...
and
Nuzvid
Nuzvid is a city in Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves as the administrative headquarters for Nuzvid mandal and Nuzvid revenue division.
Geography
Nuzvid is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Demograp ...
town situated in the
Krishna district
Krishna district is district in the coastal Andhra Region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the most populated city in the di ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. Nuzvid railway station falls under
Vijayawada railway division
Vijayawada railway division (formerly: Bezawada railway division) is one of the three railway divisions under South Coast Railways of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division are located at Vijayawada.
History
It was formed a ...
of
South Central Railway zone
The South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh. It has three divisions under its administrati ...
. It is situated on the
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 ...
. It is one of the 27 rural stations in the state to have
Wi-Fi
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.
Classification
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Nuzvid is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-5 (NSG-5)'' railway station.
Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–5 category station earns between –
crore
A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...
and handles passengers.
See also
*
Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section
References
External links
Indian Railways website
Railway stations in Krishna district
Vijayawada railway division
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