Duvvada railway station (station code:DVD) located in the Indian state of

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, serves

Duvvada Duvvada is a suburban area of Visakhapatnam city, under the Revenue Mandal of Gajuwaka in Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. A sub-post Office located at Duvvada with pincode 530046 and 530049 Etymology The name Duvvada was earlier Dvi ...

, the southern outskirts of

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. It lies 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 ...

History

Between 1893 and 1896, of the

East Coast State Railway The East Coast State Railway was a railway company operating in India. It was a guaranteed company formed in 1890. It had a brief existence. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras ...

was opened for traffic. In 1898–99,

Bengal Nagpur Railway The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway. History The opening of the ...

was linked to the lines in southern India. Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was established in the 1980s and the first coke oven battery was commissioned in 1989.

Development

With the expansion of Visakhapatnam city, particularly with the setting up of

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is the integrated steel plants of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited in Visakhapatnam. Founded in 1971, the plant focuses on producing value-added steel, producing 5.773 million tonnes of hot metal, 5.272 million tonnes o ...

, large groups of people started living away from the main city. People inhabiting neighbourhoods such as Aganampudi, Lankelapalem, Paravada, NTPC township, Pharma City and Ukkunagaram needed a large railway station nearer to their homes. Duvvada railway station serves the population in the southern outskirts of Visakhapatnam. The nearest airport is Visakhapatnam Airport/VTZ which is 8 km from Duvvada railway station. Lifts are under construction at the platforms

Passenger movement

Duvvada railway station serves about 108,000 passengers on a daily basis. Many trains always rush like Jhanmabhoomi express, Ratnachal express which are inter city service to other big cities like Secunderabad and Vijayawada.

Gallery

File:Duvvadarailway.jpg, Duvvada station Platform 1 File:Kaziranga Express (SBC-Guwahati) at Duvvada.jpg, Kaziranga Express in Duvvada File:Howrah bound Amaravati Express with a WAP7 loco at Duvvada.jpg, Amaravati Express with a WAP7 loco at Duvvada railway station File:Duvvada railway station.jpg, Duvvada railway station platforms

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