Kakinada Port railway station should not be confused with Kakinada Town railway station.
Kakinada Port railway station | |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 90NaN0 |
Line: | Samalkot–Kakinada branch line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | broad gauge |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | Not available |
Electrified: | Yes |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
Map State: | collapsed |
Kakinada Port railway station (station code:COA[1]) is an Indian Railways station in Kakinada of East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line, a branch line of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone (formerly South Central Railway zone).
Kakinada Port railway station was initially constructed in the year 1882 and new Kakinada Port railway station (Present Station) was built at a cost of and was opened on 26 December 2011.[2] Old port station was being used for goods & other transport activities.
In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Kakinada Port is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-4 (NSG-4) railway station.[3] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–4 category station earns between – crore and handles passengers.[4]
Also see - Trains originating from Kakinada Town
17258 | Kakinada Port - Vijayawada Express | Vijayawada Jn. | 04:10 | All Days | Samalkot Jn., Rajamundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru | |
17267 | Kakinada Port - Visakhapatnam Express | Visakhapatnam Jn. | 04:25 | All Days | Samalkot Jn., Tuni, Anakapalle | |
12755 | Bhavnagar Terminus–Kakinada Port Express | Bhavnagar Terminus | 05:30 | Thu | Samalkot Jn., Rajamundry, Vijayawada Jn., Guntur Jn., Nalgonda, Secunderabad Jn., Vikarabad Jn., Kalaburagi, Solapur Jn., Pune Jn., Kalyan Jn., Surat, Vadodara Jn., Ahmedabad Jn., Botad Jn. | |
17206 | Sainagar Shirdi–Kakinada Port Express | Sainagar Shirdi | 06:00 | Mon, Wed, Sat | Samalkot Jn., Rajamundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada Jn., Kazipet Jn., Secunderabad Jn., Vikarabad Jn., Bidar, Parbhani Jn., Aurangabad, Nagarsol, Manmad Jn. | |
17221 | Kakinada Port–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus | 09:00 | Wed, Sat | Samalkot Jn., Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada Jn., Guntur Jn., Nalgonda, Secunderabad Jn., Kalaburagi, Solapur Jn., Pune Jn. | |
17644 | Circar Express | Puducherry | 14:30 | All Days | Samalkot Jn., Rajamundry, Nidadavolu Jn., Bhimavaram Town, Gudivada Jn., Vijayawada Jn., New Guntur, Tenali Jn., Ongole, Nellore, Gudur Jn., Sullurupeta, Chennai Egmore, Tambaram | |
12737 | Gowthami Express | Lingampalli | 19:10 | All Days | Samalkot Jn., Rajamundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Rayanapadu, Kazipet Jn., Secunderabad Jn. |
It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).[5]