Vijayawada railway division

Vijayawada railway division

Vijayawada station
Reporting mark	BZA
Locale	Andhra Pradesh, India
Dates of operation	1956 (1956)–
Predecessor	Southern Railways
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Previous gauge	Metre
Length	958.926 kilometres (595.849 mi)
Headquarters	Vijayawada
Website	www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in

Vijayawada railway division is one of the six railway divisions under South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division are located at Vijayawada.

History

It was formed as one of the eight divisions in Southern Railway on 16 May 1956. After the formation of South Central Railway zone, the division was integrated into it on 2 October 1966.

Jurisdiction

Vijayawada railway division jurisdiction board on Tenali - Repalle branch line

The division is located completely in Andhra Pradesh and covers the districts of Krishna, Guntur, West Godavari, East Godavari, Prakasam, Nellore and Visakhpatnam. There are total 270 passenger trains with 78 daily expresses, 44 average non-daily expresses, 129 passenger trains, 15 average non-daily passenger trains, 2 work men special, 2 rail buses and 180 average no. of freight trains.

Sections and branch lines

The division has a broad gauge route of 958.926 km (595.849 mi) and a running track of 1,642.160 km (1,020.391 mi). There are three electrified lines in the division with 701 km (436 mi) of total route and 1,936 km (1,203 mi) of total track. There is no metre gauge track in the division. The Gudur–Duvvada (Vijayawada–Gudur and Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam), Vijayawada–Kondapalli and Samalkot–Kakinada Port are electrified and double-track railway lines. While, Gudivada–Machilipatnam and Bhimavaram–Narasapuram are non–electrified and single-track railway lines. Kondapalli railway station is the divisional interchange station.

The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of the Vijayawada division are listed below:

Route	Type of track	Traction	Route (km.)
Gudur–Duvvada (excl.) (km 134.30–759.7)	Double	Electric	625.40
Vijayawada–Kondapalli (km 586.5–568.0)	Double	Electric	18.5
Gudivada–Machilipatnam	Single	Diesel	36.70
Bhimavaram–Narasapuram branch line	Single	Diesel	29.46
Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line (Vijayawada–Bhimavaram Town–Nidadavolu)	Single	Diesel	154.75
Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line	Double	Electric	15.60
Venkatachalam–Krishnapatnam Port			18.59
Kakinada Town–Kotipalli			44.70
Total			943.7

Source:

• Vijayawada Division System map
• Jurisdiction

Note:

• excl.– Station excluded / not under the divisional jurisdiction
• km– Kilometer measure of distance between two lines
• Vijayawada–Gudivada section (42.69km) is covered in Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line. Duvvada–Gudur section covers, both Duvvada–Vijayawada section and Vijayawada–Gudur sections)

Vijayawada Railway Station

Categorization of stations

Gudur Junction Railway Station

File:KAKINADA TOWN JUNCTION .jpg

Kakinada Town Junction station

Rajahmundry Railway station

Tenali Junction Railway Station

The below table depicts the stations under the Vijayawada division and their category. There are 6 stations not handling coaching traffic. They are Gunadala, Komarampudi, Krishnapatnam, Nidiguntapalem, Sarpavaram and Venkatachalam Road.

Category of station	No. of stations	Names of stations
A-1 Category	1	Vijayawada
A Category	13	Anakapalli, Bhimavaram Town, Chirala, Eluru, Gudur†, Kakinada Town†, Nellore†, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Samalkot, Tadepalligudem, Tenali, Tuni
B Category	12	Annavaram, Bapatla†, Bhimavaram Jn, Gudivada, Kakinada Port, Kavali, Machilipatnam†, Narasapuram, Nidadavolu Junction, Palakollu, Singarayakonda and Tanuku.
D Category	14	Akividu, Anaparti, Dwarapudi†, Godavari, Kaikaluru, Kovvur, Narsipatnam Road, Nidubrolu, Pedana, Pithapuram, Powerpet, Vedayapalem, Viravasaram and Yelamanchili
E Category	77	-
F Category	44	-
Total	161	-

• †– Adarsh Stations

Performance and earnings

Vijayawada railway division generates much of its revenue from freight transport, which includes major commodities like coal, fertilisers, food grains, cement etc. Krishnapatnam and Kakinada Ports are the two main revenue earners for the division in freight transport. For the financial year 2014–15, the gross earnings of the division was a whooping ₹4,603.27 crore (US$680 million). It includes ₹764.85 crore (US$110 million) in terms of passenger transport and ₹3,710.68 crore (US$550 million) in freight transport. It recorded a 47.89% increase in its freight revenues as compared to its previous year which stands at ₹2,509 crore (US$370 million).

The financial year of 2015–16 earned 5.62 percent more gross revenue than its previous year.

The below table shows the revenue and serving traffic of both passenger and freight from 2011–12 financial year.

Revenue (in million rupees)	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
Passenger	501.05	548.91	661	764.85
Freight	1,706.44	2,293.78	2,509	3,710.68
Gross	2,291.18	2,932.85	3,280	4,603.27

• Gross includes passenger, freight, sundry and other coaching revenues

Services	2011–12	2012–13	2013-14	2014-15
No. of passengers (millions)	98.34	98.57	102	93.52
Volume of freight (million tonnes)	24.802	28.332	30.26	—

Awards and achievements

The office of the Vijayawada Divisional Regional Manager was awarded the certified by the National Energy Conservation Award (NECA)-2013 based on the steps taken on energy efficiency. It also won 19 of 58 shields based its performance in 2013.

See Also

• Divisions of Indian Railways