HISTORY OF VIJAYAWADA RAILWAY STATION

ULTIMATE VIJAYAWADA

The Vijayawada railway station was constructed in 1888 when the Southern Maharatta Railway's main eastward route was connected with other lines going through Vijayawada. In 1889, the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway constructed a line between Secunderabad Railway Station and Vijayawada as an extension railway for Bezawada; the station subsequently became a junction of three lines from different directions.

On November 1, 1899, the broad gauge line was constructed between Vijayawada and Chennai, making rail journey between Chennai, Mumbai, Howrah, New Delhi and Hyderabad possible. In the following decades the Vijayawada railway station was developed into a junction until the nationalisation of all the independent railways in India occurred; following nationalisation, Indian Railways was formed under the Ministry of Railways in 1950 by the Government of India. The Vijayawada railway station, as the headquarters of Vijayawada Division, was assigned to the Southern Railway. In 1966, a new zone, South Central Railway, was formed, with Secunderabad as its headquarters; Vijayawada Division and Vijayawada Junction were merged with the new railway.

In 1969, the Golconda Express was introduced between Vijayawada and Secunderabad as the fastest steam-hauled train in the country, with an average speed of 58 km/h. As of 2012, the Vijayawada railway station is one of the busiest railway stations in India
The station has 10 platforms which are covered by an R.C.C (Reinforced Cement Concrete) roof. Each platform can handle a train with more than 24 coaches. All the tracks are broad gauged and there is an additional track between platform no's. 7 & 8 which is a service track for the passing of goods trains.

The main service usage for the platforms is:

1: Trains from Howrah to Chennai and Bangalore.
2 and 3: Used for passenger & DEMU trains to Machilipatnam and Guntur.
4: Used for passenger & mails up to Visakhapatnam.
5: Passenger & DEMU trains towards Khammam.
6–9: Long trains towards New Delhi.
10: Trains towards Secunderabad.
Junction[edit]
The Vijayawada Railway Station is a junction of tracks from 5 directions to Vijayawada:

Vijayawada-Guntur-Guntakal-Bangalore.
Vijayawada-Tenali-Gudur-Chennai.
Vijayawada-Gudivada-Machilipatnam.
Vijayawada-Eluru-Rajamundry-Howrah.
Vijayawada-Warangal.
Services[edit]


New look of Vijayawada Railway Station
In brief
Total number of tracks: 22
Number of passenger tracks
above ground: 10
Trains (daily): 250 Passenger Trains
150 Goods Trains
Passengers (daily): 140,000
As one of the busiest railway junctions in South India, Vijayawada Junction is a hub for long-distance, inter-city express services in SCR. An average of 1,40,000 people board different trains each day and an equal number of commuters exit trains at the station. More than 250 passanger trains and 150 goods trains utilize the station daily, with each train stopping for at least 15 to 20 minutes.[4]

Although Vijayawada Junction is Indian Railways' third busiest railway station, it does not provide proper access to India's fastest trains, such as the Rajdhani Expresses or the Shatabdi Expresses. Rajadhani expresses and Garib Rath expresses pass through the station, and also there is a Jan-Shatabdi Express between Vijayawada Junction and Chennai Central,Vijayawada Janshatabdi is fastest train among Janshatabdi's

The Vijayawada Junction also houses a Diesel Loco Shed which has the WDM-2 Locomotive and also an Electric Loco Shed which has the Indian locomotive class WAG-7, WAM-4, WAG-5 models.



Diesel engine train entering Vijayawada Junction
Servicing Trains to Vijayawada Junction[edit]
The following are Super-fast Express, Express trains originating through Vijayawada Junction.

Train No. Train Name Type Origin Detination Departure Days
12711/12 Pinakini Express Superfast Express Vijayawada Chennai Central Daily
12713/14 Satavahana Express Superfast Express Vijayawada Secunderabad Daily
12717/18 Ratnachal Express Superfast Express Vijayawada Visakhapatnam Daily
12077/78 Jan Shatabdi Express Superfast Express Chennai Central Vijayawada except Tue
02713 Vijayawada - Ahmadabad Express Superfast Express Ahmedabad Vijayawada only Mon
02714 Superfast Express Superfast Express Vijayawada Ahmedabad only Sun
17208 Vijayawada - Sainagar Shirdi Express Express Vijayawada Shirdi Tue
17207 Vijayawada - Sainagar Shirdi Express Express Shirdi Vijayawada Wed
17225 Amaravathi Express Express Hubli Vijayawada Mon, Thur & Sat
17226 Amaravathi Express Express Vijayawada Hubli Mon, Wed & Sat
07207 Vijayawada - Secenderabad weekly Express Express Vijayawada Secunderabad only Thur
07208 Vijayawada - Secenderabad weekly Express Express Secunderabad Vijayawada only Fri
The following are the specialized Indian Railways services that travel through Vijayawada station:

Train No. Train name Type Origin Destination Frequency
12739/40 Visakhapatnam Garib Rath Express Garib Rath Visakhapatnam Secunderabad Daily
12727/28 Godavari Express Superfast Express Visakhapatnam Hyderabad Daily
12805/06 Janmabhoomi Express Superfast Express Secunderabad Visakhapatnam Daily
12705/06 Guntur-Secunderabad Intercity Superfast Express Guntur Junction Secunderabad Daily
12737/38 Goutami Express Superfast Express Kakinada Secunderabad Daily
12861/62 Vishakapatnam-H.Nizamuddin Link SF Express Superfast Express Visakhapatnam H.Nizamuddin Daily
12709/10 Simhapuri Express Superfast Express Gudur Secunderabad Daily
12759/60 Charminar Express Superfast Express Chennai Central Hyderabad Daily
12703/04 Falaknuma Express Superfast Express Secunderabad Howrah Daily
12621/22 Tamil Nadu Express Superfast Express Chennai Central H.Nizamuddin Daily
12615/16 Grand Trunk Express Superfast Express Chennai Central H.Nizamuddin Daily
12839/40 Howrah Chennai Mail Superfast Express Howrah Chennai Central Daily
12841/42 Coromandel Express Superfast Express Howrah Chennai Central Daily
12655/56 Navajeevan Express Superfast Express Ahmedabad Chennai Central Daily
12863/64 Howrah-Yesvantapur Express Superfast Express Howrah Yeshwantapur Daily
12625/26 Kerala Express Superfast Express Thiruvananthapuram Central H.Nizamuddin Daily
12295/96 Sanghamithra Express Superfast Express Bangalore Patna Junction Daily
12763/64 Padmavati Express Superfast Express Tirupathi Secunderabad Sun, Mon, Tue, Fri and Sat
17201/02 Golconda Express Express Guntur Junction Secunderabad Daily
17015/16 Visakha Express Express Bhubaneswar Secunderabad Daily
11019/20 Konark Express Express Bhubaneswar LT Terminus Daily
18519/20 Visakha - Mumbai LTT Express Express Visakhapatnam LT Terminus Daily
17401/02 Tirupati-Machiipatnam Express Express Tirupathi Machilipatnam Daily
17403/04 Tirupati-Narasapur Express Express Tirupathi Narasapur Daily
17209/10 Seshadri Express Express Bangalore Kakinada Daily
17255/56 Narasapur-Hyderabad Express Express Narasapur Hyderabad Daily
17049/50 Machilipatnam-Secunderabad Express Express Machilipatnam Secunderabad Daily
18645/46 East Coast Express Express Howrah Hyderabad Daily
18463/64 Prasanti Express Express Bhubaneswar Bangalore Daily
18189/90 Tatanagar-Alappuzaha Express Express Tatanagar Alappuzha Daily
13351/52 Dhandab Junction-Alappuzha Express Express Dhanbad Junction Alappuzha Daily
Passenger.MEMU & DEMU trains:

57212/13  : Vijayawada - Machilipatnam Passenger Daily via Nidamanuru, Gudivada and Pedana.
57225/26  : Vijayawada - Visakhapatnam Passenger Daily via Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Nidadavolu, Rajamundry, Samarlakota, Tuni, Anakapalli and Duvvada.
57231/32  : Vijayawada - Kakinada Port Passenger Daily Via Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Nidadavolu, Rajamundry and Samarlakota.
57271/7  : Vijayawada - Rayagad Passanger Daily via Eluru, Rajamundry, Aanakapalli, Vishakapatnam and Vijayanagaram.
57241/42  : Vijayawada - Bitragunta Passanger Daily via Tenali, Bapatla, Chirala, Ongole and Kavali.
57253/54  : Vijayawada - Bhadrachalam road Passanger Daily via Kondapalli, Errupalem, Madhira, Khammam and Dornakal.
57238/39  : Vijayawada - Kazipet Passenger Daily via Kondapalli, Errupalem, Madhira, Khammam, Dornakal and kesamudram.
56502  : Hubli - Vijayawada passenger Daily.
56503  : Vijayawada - Yewsanthapur Passenger Daily.
67253  : Tenali - Vijayawada MEMU Daily.
67251/54/59/74: Vijayawada - Guntur MEMU Daily.
67261/62  : Vijayawada - Rajahmundry MEMU Daily via Gannavaram, Nizvidu, Eluru, Tadepalligudem and Kovvuru.
67260/63  : Vijayawada - Ongole MEMU Daily via Tenali, Bapatla, Chirala.
67272/73  : Vijayawada - Dornakal MEMU Daily via Kondapalli, Errupalem, Madhira, Khammam.
77206  : Vijayawada - Bhimavaram DEMU Daily via Nidamanuru,Gudivada,Kikaluru and Aakividu.
77207/08  : Vijayawada - Machilipatnam DEMU Daily Via Nidamanuru, Gudivada and Pedana.
Other Stations in Vijayawada[edit]
The city of Vijayawada consists of eight other railway stations; these are:

Station Name Station Code Railway Zone Railway Division Total Platforms
Vijayawada Krishna Canal Junction KCC South Central Railway Guntur Division 5
Vijayawada Kondapalli Railway Station KI South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 3
Vijayawada Rayanapadu Station RYP South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 3
Vijayawada Mustabada Station MBD South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 2
Vijayawada Gannavaram Station GWM South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 2
Vijayawada Ramavarappadu Station RMV South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 1
Vijayawada Nidamanuru Station NDM South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 1
Vijayawada Madhuranagar Station MDUN South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 1
Vijayawada Gunadala Station GALA South Central Railway Vijayawada Division 3