Krishna Canal Junction railway station

Platforms6Tracks11 broad gaugeConstructionStructure typeStandard (on ground)ParkingYesAccessible AvailableOther informationStatusActiveStation codeKCC Zone(s) South Coast Railway zone Division(s) VijayawadaClassificationNon-Suburban Grade-3 (NSG-3)HistoryOpened1872 (1872)Electrified1980–81Services

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Kolanukonda towards ?		New Delhi–Chennai main line Vijayawada–Chennai section		Vijayawada towards ?
		Howrah–Chennai main line Vijayawada–Chennai section
Mangalagiri towards ?		Howrah–Chennai main line Guntur–Krishna Canal section

Route map

Legend km 0 Howrah 116 Kharagpur to Adra to Howrah–Nagpur– Mumbai line Kharagpur–Puri line West Bengal Odisha border 231 Balasore 294 Bhadrak 337 Jajpur Keonjhar Road Mahanadi 409 Cuttack 437 Bhubaneswar 456 Khurda Road to Puri Khurda Road– Visakhapatnam section 527 Balugaon 582 Chatrapur 603 Brahmapur Odisha Andhra Pradesh border 603 Ichchapuram 645 Sompeta 678 Palasa 703 Naupada 751 Srikakulam Road 789 Chipurupalle to Jharsuguda– Vizianagaram line 820 Vizianagaram 881 Visakhapatnam Junction Duvvada– Vijayawada section 914 Anakapalle 977 Tuni 994 Annvaram 1,031 Samalkot 1,081 Rajahmundry Godavari River 1,103 Nidadavolu 1,123 Tadepalligudem 1,170 Eluru to Kazipet– Vijayawada section 1,230 Vijayawada Junction to Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line Krishna River Vijayawada– Gudur section to Guntur–Tenali section 1,230 Tenali to Tenali–Repalle branch line 1,304 Bapatla 1,319 Chirala 1,369 Ongole 1,485 Nellore 1,523 Gudur Gudur–Chennai section Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu border 1,661 Chennai Central km Sources: Google maps Howrah Chennai SF Mail 12839

Location
Krishna Canal Junction Location within Andhra Pradesh Show map of Andhra Pradesh Krishna Canal Junction Krishna Canal Junction (India) Show map of India
Interactive map

Krishna Canal Junction railway station (station code:KCC^[1]) is an Indian Railways station in Tadepalle which is part of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation and a satellite station of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.^[2] It is administered by Vijayawada Railway Division of South Coast Railway zone and situated on New Delhi–Chennai, Howrah–Chennai main line. The station is the terminus for Guntur–Krishna Canal section.^[1][3] It is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) station in the division.^[4] It is one of the 27 rural stations in the state to have Wi-Fi.^[5]

History

Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic.^[6] The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.^[7]

As there was no railway bridge across the Krishna River, the trains from the South were terminated at this railway station and those from the North were terminated at Vijayawada railway station. The goods and passengers were transferred between the Vijayawada and Krishna Canal railway stations through barges.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Krishna Canal is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.^[4] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–6 category station earns nearly ₹1 crore and handles close to 1 million passengers.^[8]

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