Nadikude Junction | |||||
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 Nadikudi Junction railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Dachepalle,Palnadu district,Andhra Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 16°21′14″N79°26′17″E / 16.3539°N 79.438°E /16.3539; 79.438 | ||||
| Elevation | 98 m (322 ft) | ||||
| System | Indian Railwaysjunction station | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | South Central Railway | ||||
| Lines | Nadikudi-Pagidipalli section Nadikudi-Macherla branch line Nadikudi-Srikalahasti section | ||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Accessible |  [citation needed] | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | NDKD | ||||
| Zone(s) | South Central Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | GunturTooltip Guntur railway division | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1930; 95 years ago (1930)[citation needed] | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
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Nadikudi railway station (station code:NDKD[1]), is arailway junction in Dachepalle Town, Palnadu District,Andhra Pradesh, India.[2]
Historically, Nadikudi was ametre-gauge station.[3] Trains which travelled fromGuntur to Macherla used to pass through Nadikudi. Later,Guntur–Macherla section,Tenali–Macherla section was converted from metre gauge tobroad gauge and a new line was laid fromBibinagar nearHyderabad to Nadikudi, thus making Nadikudi a junction.
Trains that go toMacherla divert at Nadikudi Junction. The nearest town to Nadikudi isDachepalle.Nadikudi is located on thePagidipalli–Nallapadu section ofGuntur Division(GNT), inSouth Central Railway zone (SCR).
Nadikude Junction is well connected withGuntur,Hyderabad,Vijayawada,Vizag and other important destinations likeTirupati,Chennai,Trivandrum Central,Kakinada,Nagarsol,Narsapur,Mumbai,Pune,Bhavnagar Terminus,Ahmedabad. Nadikude Junction have 34 trains passing through it, of which there are 2 Terminating and 2 Originating trains includingKacheguda- Nadikude-Kacheguda Demu.
Some of the basic amenities available in Nadikudi railway station are :
•Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM)
•Reservation booking counter
•Parking facility
•Display Boards
•LED Displays
•Waiting halls (also reserved waiting hall)
•Catering stalls
•Cool drinking water
•Washrooms
•Exclusive washrooms & drinking water facilities for divyaang.
•Sitting benches
•Foot Over Bridge
Nadikudi railway station is classified as aD–category station. It is one of the fourModel stations in theGuntur railway division ofSouth Central Railway zone.[4]
It handles freight traffic and the main commodities include, cement, rice and paddy.[5]
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