Parvathipuram Town | |||||||||||
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| Location | Parvathipuram Manyam district,Andhra Pradesh India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°28′30″N83°15′47″E / 18.475°N 83.263°E /18.475; 83.263 | ||||||||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Auto service, nearby Parvathipuram bus station | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | PVPT | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Waltair | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1908–09 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||
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Parvatipuram Town railway station (station code:PVPT[1]) is an Indian railway station that servesParvathipuram town inParvathipuram district.
Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of theEast Coast State Railway was opened for traffic. In 1898–99,Bengal Nagpur Railway was linked to the lines in southern India.[2]
The 79 km (49 mi) Vizianagaram–Parvatipuram line was opened in 1908–09 and an extension to Salur was built in 1913. The Parvatipuram–Raipur line was completed in 1931.[2]
TheBengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.[3]Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion ofEast Indian Railway Company east ofMughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[4] In 1955,South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.[4][5] New zones were started in April 2003 and thenEast Coast Railway and South East Central Railway were carved out from North Eastern Railway.
Due to increase ofParvathipuram Town towards south.Parvathipuram railway station is being developed. From 2011 new express trains were given halt at Parvathipuram railway station excluding Parvathipuram Town railway station.
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