Vijayawada Junction railway station

Vijayawada railway station is an Indian railway station in Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh. It is the second busiest railway junction of Indian Railways, next to Mumbai Central and is situated on the mutual lines of Howrah-Chennai and New Delhi–Chennai main lines. The station is the divisional headquarters of Vijayawada railway division in South Central Railway zone.

Vijayawada railway station is categorized as an A-1 station and also one of the ten model stations in the Vijayawada division. It is also one of the busiest railway stations in India with over 400 trains of freight and passenger pass through it and serving about 1.40 lakh passengers everyday.

History

The Vijayawada railway station was constructed in 1888 when the Southern Maharatta Railway's main eastward route was connected with other lines going through Vijayawada. In 1889, the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway constructed a line between Secunderabad Railway Station and Vijayawada as an extension railway for Bezawada; the station subsequently became a junction of three lines from different directions.

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