Ongole railway station

Ongole railway station located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Ongole in Prakasam district. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone.

History

The Vijayawada–Chennai link was established in 1899.
The Chirala–Elavur section was electrified in 1980–81.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Ongole is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-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 – crore and handles passengers.Daily Approximately 190+ trains halt at Ongole railway station.

Station amenities

It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines. The Railway station recently got escalator for the convenience of passengers in the first platform. For the convenience of passengers two lifts were installed and recently made operational. Recently Platforms 4 and 5 constructed for freight and goods trains. Soon Passenger trains will halt in platforms 4 and 5 and trains are going to originate from this station.