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{{Short description|Railway station in Andhra Pradesh, India}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Kotipalli
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = Kotipalli, East Godavari dist., Andhra Pradesh
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|16.71001|N|82.04382|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|14|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line = [[Kakinada–Kotipally branch line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 1 (at ground level)
| tracks = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| parking = Not required
| opened = 1928
| closed = 1940
| rebuilt = 2004
| electrified = No
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = KPLH
| zone = [[South Coast Railway zone|South Coast Railway]]
| division = Vijayawada
}}
| owned =
| operator =
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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| map_type = India Andhra Pradesh#India
| map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh##Location in India
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| mapframe-caption = Interactive map
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'''Kotipalli railway station''' (station code:KPLH), located in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], serves [[Kotipalli]] in [[East Godavari district]].

==Geography==
Kotipalli railway station is located in the fringe areas of [[Konaseema]] region on the [[Godavari Delta]].
<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.aptourism.in/index.php/k2-separator/k2/item/62-konaseema#.UQdWFfIkPCA|title = Konaseema| publisher= Andhra Pradesh Tourism| access-date = 25 January 2013}}</ref>

==History==
The Kakinada–Kotipalli branch line was first laid in 1928, but was removed in 1940 with the onset of World War II. The British rulers, then ruling in India, were facing shortage of steel and took away the tracks for use somewhere else.<ref name=kotipalli1>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/07/26/stories/2004072601441300.htm |title = Kakinada–Kotipalli rail line evokes memories| last=Kamath|first= K.V.|work=The Hindu Business Line|date=26 July 2004| access-date = 25 January 2013}}</ref> The {{convert|45|km|mi|0|adj=mid|-long}} line was relaid at a cost of Rs. 67 crores (670 million). It was formally opened in November 2004. However, that was only a partly finished project.<ref name=kotipally2>{{cite web| url = http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/14/stories/2004111403240500.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041205084000/http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/14/stories/2004111403240500.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 December 2004 |title = Minister inaugurates Kakinada–Kotipalli rail line|date=14 November 2004| work = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 25 January 2013}}</ref>

==The balance of the project==
The total project envisaged construction of two lines – the first from Kakinada to Kotipalli, and the second from Kotipally to Narsapur via [[Amalapuram]]. The 2001–02 estimates for the Kotipalli–Narsapur line was Rs. 710 crores (7.1 billion). The estimates are high because three bridges need to be constructed across three [[distributaries]] of the [[Godavari River|Godavari]]: first, a {{convert|3550|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} bridge across the Gautami between Kotipalli and Mukteswaram, second, a {{convert|700|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} bridge across Vainateya, between Bodasakurru and Pasarlapudi, and third {{convert|750|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} across the Vasista between Narsapur and Sakinetipally.<ref name=kotipalli3>{{cite web| url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/04/stories/2009050453150300.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090509061129/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/04/stories/2009050453150300.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 9 May 2009 |title = Kotipalli-Narsapur railway line a myth or a reality|last=Bhaskar|first=B.V.S.|date=4 May 2009| work = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 25 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=kotipalli4>{{cite web| url = http://www.wattman.net/india/kotipalli/kotipalli0.html |title = The Railway that never was:Narsapur–Kakinada| access-date = 25 January 2013}}</ref> In the context of limited resources for funding projects in India, it is a tall order, and funds are coming only in trickles, as for example Rs. 2 Crores (20million) spent in acquiring 110 acres of land.<ref name=kotipalli3/> Obviously, such a project had high-profile backers such as [[G. M. C. Balayogi]] who was [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] from 1998 to 2002, and S.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao, former [[Cabinet of India|union minister]] and MP from [[Rajahmundry (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajahmundry]].<ref name=kotipally2/><ref name=kotipalli3/>

{{see also|List of longest bridges above water in India}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{external media
| float=right
| video1= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSaWOeagu00 Kakinada-Kotipalli Rail Bus]
| video2= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sarpGVu3E4 Kotapalli railway station]
}}
*[http://d.indiarailinfo.com/search/taag/kotipalli-kplh-to-kakinada-town-cct/9412/1200 One train daily between Kakinada and Kotipalli]
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system=Indian Railways
|line=South Coast Railway zone|left=Gangavaram|right=|type=[[Kakinada–Kotipalli branch line]]}}

{{South Coast Railway zone|state=expanded}}
{{Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh}}

{{East Godavari district}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1928]]
[[Category:Railway stations in East Godavari district]]
[[Category:Vijayawada railway division]]

Kotipalli railway station - Revision history

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