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{{Infobox station
| name = Kottavalasa Junction
| type = [[Junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Kottavalasa Train Station.jpg
| image_caption = View of a platform
| address = Visakhapatnam–Aarku Road, Kothavalasa, Vizianagaram dt., Andhra Pradesh
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|17.8917|N|83.1859|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|56|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line = [[Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section]] of [[Howrah–Chennai main line]]<br/>[[Kothavalasa–Kirandul line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 5
| tracks = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| parking = Available
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1896}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA = Yes
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = KTV
| zone = [[South Coast Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Vijayawada}}
}}
| owned =
| operator = South Coast Railway
| status = Functioning
| former = [[East Coast State Railway]]<br>[[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Andhra Pradesh#India
| map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh##Location in India
}}
{{Visakhapatnam Railway|collapse=y}}
'''Kothavalasa Junction railway station''' (station code: KTV) located in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], serves [[Kothavalasa]] in [[Vizianagaram district]]. It is a major freight transit point with iron ore rakes travelling from mines around [[Kirandul]] and [[Bailadila]] in [[Chhattisgarh]] to [[Visakhapatnam Port]].

==History==
Between 1893 and 1896, {{convert|1288|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of the [[East Coast State Railway]] was opened for traffic. In 1898–99, [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] was linked to the lines in southern India.<ref name=ser>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1|title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway|publisher=South Eastern Railway|access-date=2012-11-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1|archive-date=1 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 1960, Indian Railways 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]]).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.baral.us/Orissa-rail-history.pdf |title =History of Indian Railways in Orissa |last=Baral |first=Chitta | access-date = 2012-11-27 }}</ref> The Kothavalasa–Kirandaul line was opened in 1966–67.<ref name=waltair>{{cite web | url = http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | title = History of Waltair Division | publisher = Mannanna.com | access-date = 2013-01-02 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235936/http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | archive-date = 11 October 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==Electrified ==
The Visakhapatnam–Kothavalasa–Araku–Koraput–Jeypore Jagdalpur–Dantewara–Kirandul section was electrified in the year 1980–83.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 12 July 2013}}</ref>

==Railway reorganization==

[[File:Kotthavalasa railway station.jpg|thumb|Kothavalasa raliway station entrance]]

The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] was nationalized in 1944.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part - III (1900–1947)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-11-21}}</ref>[[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]] was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]] east of [[Mughalsarai]] and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.<ref name=zones>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography – Railway Zones| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-11-21 }}</ref> In 1955, [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]] was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.<ref name=zones/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html |title = IR History: Part - IV (1947–1970)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-11-21 }}</ref> Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]] and [[South East Central Railway zone|South East Central Railway]]. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.<ref name=zones/> Railway. South Coast Railway was carved out of [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]] and [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railway]] on 27 feb 2019.

==References==
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==External links==

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{{Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Vizianagaram district]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Waltair railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1896]]

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