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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Railway station in Andhra Pradesh}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{more citations needed|date=December 2015}}<br /> {{Infobox station<br /> | name = Araku<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = te<br /> | type = [[Slow and fast passenger trains in India|Passenger train]] station<br /> | style = Indian Railways<br /> | image = Araku railway station entrance.jpg<br /> | image_size = <br /> | image_caption = Entrance of Araku railway station<br /> | address = [[Araku Valley|Araku]], [[Visakhapatnam district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> | country = India<br /> | coordinates = {{Coord|18.33|N|82.86|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br /> | elevation = {{convert|925|m|ft}}<br /> | line = [[Kothavalasa–Kirandul line]]<br /> | structure = <br /> | Escalators = <br /> | platform = 1<br /> | tracks = 4<br /> | entrances = <br /> | opened = <br /> | closed = <br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = Yes<br /> | ADA = <br /> | code = {{Indian railway code| code = ARK| zone = [[South Coast Railway zone]]| division = {{rwd|Vijayawada}}}}<br /> | owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br /> | operator = [[South Coast Railway Zone]]<br /> | status = Functioning<br /> | former = <br /> | passengers = <br /> | pass_year = <br /> | pass_percent = <br /> | pass_system = <br /> | map_type = India Andhra Pradesh#India<br /> | map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh##Location in India<br /> | services = {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}<br /> {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Shimiliguda|next= Gorapur|line= Kothavalasa–Kirandul line|branch=Araku }}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Araku railway station&#039;&#039;&#039; (station code:ARK) is an Indian railways station located near [[Araku Valley]] of [[Visakhapatnam district]] in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It belongs to [[South Coast Railway zone]] under [[Vijayawada railway division]]. The railway station is situated at about 935 meters elevation.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kothavalasa–Araku–Koraput–Jeypore–Jagdalpur–Dantewara–Kirandaul line, the Jharsuguda–Sambalpur–Bargarh–Balangir–Titlagarh Project and the Biramitrapur–Rourkela–Bimlagarh–Kiriburu project. All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the Dandakaranya–Bolangir–Kiriburu project (under [[Dandakaranya Project]] ).&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.baral.us/Orissa-rail-history.pdf |title =History of Indian Railways in Orissa |last=Baral |first=Chitta | access-date = 2012-12-12 }}&lt;/ref&gt; The [[Kothavalasa–Kirandul line]] was opened in 1966–67 under South Eastern Railway Zone with financial aid of Japan for transporting Iron ore.&lt;ref name=waltair&gt;{{cite web | url = http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | title = History of Waltair Division | publisher = Mannanna.com | access-date = 2013-12-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235936/http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | archive-date = 11 October 2012 | url-status = dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Electrification of the Araku railway station was completed in 1982<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Borra Caves]]<br /> * [[Visakhapatnam–Araku AC Tourist Passenger]]<br /> * [[Araku Valley]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{IndiaRailInfo|3553}}<br /> {{Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Visakhapatnam]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Waltair railway division]]</div>

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