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Medapadu railway station (station code:GDPT[1]), 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.[2]Template:Unreliable source?
History
Between 1893 and 1896, Template:Convert of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Template:Stnlnk was opened for traffic.[3] The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.[4]
Classification
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Medapadu is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.[5] 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 Template:₹ crore and handles close to 1 million passengers.[6]
References
- ↑ Distances in kilometers between stations on the Anaparti – Samalkot Jn. section. Indian Railways(12 September 2009). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ RPubs India.
- ↑ Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway. South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
- ↑ IR History: Part III (1900–1947). IRFCA. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ↑ Stations – Category-wise (NEW). Portal of Indian Railways. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ Categorization of Railway Stations. Press Information Bureau(21 March 2018). Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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