Krishna Canal Junction railway station (station code:KCC) is an

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station in Tadepalle which is part of

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and a satellite station of

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. It is administered by Vijayawada Railway Division of

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and situated on New Delhi–Chennai,

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. The station is the terminus for

Guntur–Krishna Canal section The Guntur–Krishna Canal section is a section of Indian Railways. It connects with and further, it also connects Howrah–Chennai main line at Krishna Canal, Guntur–Macherla section, Guntur–Tenali section, Tenali–Macherla sections at ...

. It is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6)'' station in the division. It is one of the 27 rural stations in the state to have

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History

Between 1893 and 1896, of the

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, between

and

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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. As there was no railway bridge across the Krishna River, the trains from the South were terminated at this railway station and those from the North were terminated at Vijayawada railway station. The goods and passengers were transferred between the Vijayawada and Krishna Canal railway stations through barges.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Krishna Canal is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6)'' railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–6 category station earns nearly crore and handles close to passengers.

References

Railway stations in Guntur district Vijayawada railway division Railway junction stations in Andhra Pradesh Transport in Guntur {{AndhraPradesh-railstation-stub