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 web.archive.org/web/20140603202157/http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in:80/

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[1][3] 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.[2]

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).[4] 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.[1][5][6][7] While, Gudivada–Machilipatnam and Bhimavaram–Narasapuram are non–electrified and single-track railway lines.[8][9] Kondapalli railway station is the divisional interchange station.[10]

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:

Note:

Vijayawada Railway Station

Categorization of stations

Gudur Junction Railway Station
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 six stations which do not handle coaching traffic. They are Gunadala, Komarampudi, Krishnapatnam, Nidiguntapalem, Sarpavaram and Venkatachalam Road.[2]

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 -

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.[14] For the financial year 2014–15, the gross earnings of the division was a whooping ₹4,603.27 crore (US$680 million).[13] 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).[13][15]

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

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

Revenue[15]
(in million rupees)		 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14[13][17] 2014–15[13]
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
Services[15] 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14[17][18] 2014–15[13]
No. of passengers
(millions)
98.34
98.57
102
93.52
Volume of freight
(million tonnes)
24.802
28.332
30.26
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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.[19] It also won 19 of 58 shields based its performance in 2013.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vijayawada Division". Archived from the original on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vijayawada division – A Profile" (PDF). South Central Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jurisdiction of division". Portal of Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "System Map" (PDF). South Central Railway. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Traction Distribution". South Central Railway. Archived from the original on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Prabhu's boost to KCR'S temple tourism dream". The Times of India. Hyderabad. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Kakinada Port station to be opened next month". The Hindu. Kakinada. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Staff Reporter. "Doubling of Vijayawada-Bhimavaram line to boost economy". The Hindu.
  9. ↑ G. V. R. Subba Rao; V. Raghavendra (8 July 2014). "Politicians fail to make railway projects a reality". The Hindu. Vijayawada. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Divisional inter change points on SCR division" (PDF). South Central Railway. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Vijayawada Division System map" (PDF). South Central Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "South Central Railway". www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jump in SCR Vijayawada division revenue". The Hindu. Vijayawada. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ports major source of revenue for Vijayawada rail division". The Hindu Business Line. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 Srinivas, Rajulapudi (13 May 2013). "SCR Vijayawada Division shines". The Hindu. Vijayawada. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Vijayawada rail division registers 5.62 p. c. growth in earnings". The Hindu. Vijayawada. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  17. 1 2 "Vijayawada railway division's revenue goes up at Rs 3280 crore". Vijayawada: The Economic Times. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Vijayawada Div. to have 150 automatic railway ticket vending machines soon". The Hindu. Vijayawada. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  19. ↑ V.Raghavendra. "Vijayawada Railway Division office bags Certificate of Merit for saving power". The Hindu.
  20. ↑ Staff Reporter. "GM's shield for Vijayawada Railway Division". The Hindu.

See also

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