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Overview | |
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Headquarters | Visakhapatnam |
Locale | Andhra Pradesh, India |
Dates of operation | 1893 | –
Predecessor | East Coast Railway |
Other | |
Website | East Coast Railways website |
Waltair railway division is one of the three railway divisions under East Coast Railway zone. A section of the division will be part of the new South Coast Railway zone upon operationalization.
The Rayagada railway division has been proposed to succeed a section of the existing Waltair division which will remain in the East Coast Railway zone upon bifurcation.
The main lines of the division are as follows:
Section | Line | Distance |
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Duvvada-Visakhapatnam-Palasa (B.G. - Double) | Main Line | 213 km Route |
Vizianagaram-Singapuram road-Therubali (B.G. - Double) | R – V Line | 137 km Route |
Kothavalasa–Kirandul line (B.G. - Single) | K – K Line | 446 km Route |
Koraput-Rayagada (B.G. - Double) | K – R Line | 164 km Route |
Kottavalasa-Simhachalam | III Line | 22 km Route |
Bobbili – Salur | Branch Line | 18 km Route |
Naupada-Gunupur | 90 km Route | |
Total | 1,052 km Route |
The list includes the stations under the Waltair railway division and their station category.
Category of station | No. of stations | Names of stations |
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A-1 Category | 1 | Visakhapatnam, |
A Category | 3 | Srikakulam Road, Rayagada Vizianagaram |
B Category | ||
C Category (Suburban station) |
- | - |
D Category | - | - |
E Category | - | - |
F Category Halt Station |
- | - |
Total | - | - |
Stations closed for Passengers -
The Diesel Loco Shed at Visakhapatnam, is the largest diesel shed in Indian Railways, with a capacity to accommodate 300 Diesel Locomotives. While, the Electric Loco Shed is currently holding 231 Electric locomotives.
It holds WDM-2 – 57, WDS-6 – 10, WDG-3A – 96 alongside 3 rail busses.
While, the Visakhapatnam Electric Loco Shed can accommodate 297 locomotives which includes WAG-5 – 83, WAP-4 – 21, WAP-7 - 35, WAG-6 – 9, WAG-9H – 172,
Waltair division was awarded efficiency shields in eight categories. Vizianagaram and Tilaru was awarded best major and minor clean stations. During the 2014–15 financial year, the division has recorded its highest of ₹6,653.31 crore (US$830 million). It includes the majority share of ₹6,159.73 crore (US$770 million) from freight transport itself. The division had transported 54.86 million tonnes of load and 33.72 million passengers. The passengers earnings were ₹433.15 crore (US$54 million)
During 2012–13, freight revenue earnings of Waltair railway division were ₹5,642 crore (US$710 million). For the same period, the passenger traffic was 32.94 million and passenger earnings were ₹312.96 crore (US$39 million) respectively. Due to industrialization in the modern era, the division equally serves the transportation needs of the port city of Visakhapatnam. The division serves major public sectors such as Visakhapatnam Port Trust, RINL, IOC, BPCL, HPCL etc.