Guntur Junction railway station
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Guntur
గుంటూరు |
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| Location | Guntur, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh India |
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| Operated by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Guntur-Tenali section | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 7 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | On ground | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | GNT | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | South Central Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Guntur | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 2003 | |||||||||||||||
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Guntur railway station is an Indian railway station in Guntur City of Andhra Pradesh. It is the divisional headquarters of Guntur railway division of South Central Railway zone.[1][2]
Amenities
The station has East and West terminals with reservation counters. It has a total of seven platforms with inter-connected subway system. It is one of the busiest railway stations in the Guntur division.[3]
History
The first rail lines in Guntur are of Metre Gauge line opened Guntur-Repalle section in year 1916[4] and later between Guntur and Hubli/Goa.Later a Broad Gauge rail line was built between GNT/VJA towards Howrah with the completion of Prakasam Barrage on River Krishna. By the end of the 20th century Guntur had 4 different railway lines passing through its junction.[citation needed]
Divisional headquarters
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Guntur Railway Division is one of the 62 divisions of Indian Railways and spans across 4 districts of Andhra Pradesh. It has few major and many medium to small stations across this region. The head office (Rail Vikas Bhavan) of the division is located in the Pattabhipuram area of Guntur City.
Station category
Guntur railway station is classified as a A–category station. It is one of the four Model stations and one of the twelve Adarsh stations in the Guntur railway division of South Central Railway zone.
See also
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- ↑ Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: Guntur by Andhra Pradesh (India), Bh Sivasankaranarayana, M. V. Rajagopal - 1977 - Page 188 In the years that followed, railway lines connecting Madras to Vijayawada (via) Tenali (1 898), Guntur to Repalle (1916) and Guntur to Macherla (1930) were opened.
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