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{{Infobox station
| name = Medapadu
| type = [[Slow and fast passenger trains in India|Passenger train]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Medapadu Railway station.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = [[Medapadu]], [[East Godavari district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|17.004631|N|82.095660|E|type:railwaystation_MPUion:IN|format=dms|display=inline}}
| elevation = {{convert|21|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/Medapadu-MPU/3363|title=Medapadu/MPU}}</ref>
| line = [[Duvvada–Vijayawada section|Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada]] of [[Howrah–Chennai main line]] and
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 2
| loop tracks =
| tracks = 5 {{track gauge|1676mm}}
| parking = Available
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = [[25 kV AC]] [[50 Hz]] [[OHLE]]
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = MPU
| zone = [[South Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Vijayawada}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Central Railway zone]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_dot_label = Medapadu railway station
| map_size = 260
| map_type = India#India Andhra Pradesh
| map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh
}}
'''Medapadu railway station''' (station code:GDPT<ref>{{cite web |title=Distances in kilometers between stations on the Anaparti – Samalkot Jn. section |url=http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_scr.pdf |website=Indian Railways |access-date=30 April 2019 |page=57 |format=PDF |date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414150809/http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_scr.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>), is an [[Indian Railways]] station in [[Medapadu]], a village in Samarlakota Mandal in [[East Godavari district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is located 15 km towards west from district headquarters Kakinada, 12 km from Samarlakota and 232 km from State Capital Amaravathi. G. Medapadu pincode is 533434. It lies on the [[Vijayawada–Chennai section]] and is administered under [[Vijayawada railway division]] of [[South Central Railway zone]]. 11 trains halt in this station every day. It is the 2140th-busiest station in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpubs.com/probability/busystations|title=RPubs India}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2019}}

==History==
Between 1893 and 1896, {{convert|1288|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of the [[East Coast State Railway]], between [[Vijayawada]] and {{stnlnk|Cuttack}} was opened for traffic.<ref>{{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=2013-01-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1|archivedate=2013-04-01}}</ref> The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part III (1900–1947)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-01-19}}</ref>

== Classification ==
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Medapadu is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6)'' railway station.<ref name="station_categories">{{cite web |title=Stations – Category-wise (NEW) |url=https://scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,291,358,748,2213 |website=Portal of Indian Railways |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref> Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–6 category station earns nearly {{₹|1}} [[crore]] and handles close to {{Nowrap|1 million}} passengers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Categorization of Railway Stations |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174916 |website=Press Information Bureau |access-date=20 May 2019 |date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IndiaRailInfo|2530}}
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{{Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh}}

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

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Medapadu railway station - Revision history

>Frietjes at 17:26, 6 February 2021