Eluru railway station (station code:EE) is an

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station in

Eluru Eluru is a city and the district headquarters of Eluru district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 14 municipal corporations in the state and the mandal headquarters of Eluru mandal in the Eluru revenue division. The cit ...

city 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 lies on the

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and is administered under

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(formerly

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History

Between 1893 and 1896, of the

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, between

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and , was opened for traffic. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.

Electrification

The Mustabad–Gannavaram–Nuzvid–Bhimadolu sector was electrified in 1995–96.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Eluru is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-3 (NSG-3)'' railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–3 category station earns between –

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and handles passengers.

Structure and amenities

The station is spread over an area of , maintained by 17 employees. The station has 03 platforms and all the tracks are

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and

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. Almost all platforms are in same size. The station has East and West terminals equipped with reservation counters. It was 37th cleanest station in 'A'-Category, as of 2018. It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).

Satellite stations

Eluru city consists of four other railway stations. These are:

References

External links

South Central Railway
{{Eluru topics Railway stations in West Godavari district Vijayawada railway division Railway stations in Eluru 1893 establishments in India