Annavaram railway station

Annavaram railway station, is an Indian Railways station in Annavaram, a village in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Vijayawada–Chennai section and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. Forty-seven trains halt in this station every day. It is the 345th-busiest station in the country.

History

Between 1893 and 1896, of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Annavaram is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-4 railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–4 category station earns between – crore and handles passengers.

Station amenities

It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines.