Bitragunta railway station (station code:BTTR) is an Indian Railways station located at
Bitragunta
Bitragunta is a village in Nellore District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Bogole mandal of Kavali revenue division. It forms a part of Nellore Urban Development Authority
The Nellore Urban Development Authority (N ...
town of
Nellore district, in the Indian state 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 ...
. It is under the administration of
Vijayawada railway division of
South Coast Railway zone.
History
In 1968, the
classification yard was established and later a wagon-repair depot, which was in operation till 1998. There was also ''Bitragunta Railway Institute'' (formerly ''Western Culture Institute'').
Classification
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Bitragunta 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.
References
Vijayawada railway division
Railway stations in Prakasam district
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