Anaparti railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Anaparti

| type = Express train and Passenger train station

| style = Indian Railways

| image = Anaparthy Railway station.jpg

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| image_caption =

| address = Anaparti, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh

| country = India

| coordinates = {{Coord|16.936372|N|81.953563|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline}}

| elevation = {{convert|23|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/anaparti-apt/411|title=Anaparti/APT}}

| line = Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada of Howrah–Chennai main line and

| other =

| structure = Standard (on-ground station)

| platform = 3

| loop tracks =

| tracks = 5 {{track gauge|1676mm}}

| parking = Available

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| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = 25 kV AC 50 Hz OHLE

| accessible =

| code = {{Indian railway code

| code = APT

| zone = South Coast Railway zone

| division = {{rwd|Vijayawada}}

}}

| owned = Indian Railways

| operator = South Coast Railway zone

| status = Functioning

| former =

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| map_type = India#India Andhra Pradesh

}}

Anaparti railway station (station code:APT{{cite web |title=Distances in kilometers between stations on the Rajahmundry – Anaparti 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=26 |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 }}), is an Indian Railways station in Anaparti, a town in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Vijayawada–Chennai section and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. Thirty-four trains halt in this station every day. It is the 717th-busiest station in the country.{{cite web|url=http://rpubs.com/probability/busystations|title=RPubs India}}{{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.{{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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1|archive-date=2013-04-01|url-status=dead}} The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.{{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}}

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Anaparti is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-5 (NSG-5) railway station.{{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}} Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–5 category station earns between {{₹|1}}–{{₹|10}} crore and handles {{Nowrap|1–2 million}} passengers.{{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}}

Station amenities

It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=27 January 2017 |title=SCR introduces mobile paper ticketing facility in 38 stations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/SCR-introduces-mobile-paper-ticketing-facility-in-38-stations/article17099376.ece |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=The Hindu}}

References

External links

{{IndiaRailInfo|411}}

{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y

|system=Indian Railways|line=South Central Railway zone|left=Balabhadrapuram|right=Dwarapudi|to-left=Visakhapatnam|to-right=Vijayawada|type=Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada of Howrah–Chennai main line}}

Category:Railway stations in East Godavari district

Category:Vijayawada railway division