Powerpet railway station

Powerpet railway station, is an Indian Railways station in Eluru city of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.

History

Between 1893 and 1896, of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and, was opened for traffic. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway 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, Powerpet is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-5 railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–5 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.