Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line

Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Andhra Pradesh
Termini	Samalkot Kakinada Port
Operation
Owner	Indian Railway
Operator(s)	South Central Railway
Technical
Line length	15.60 km (9.69 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge

The Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line is a railway line connecting Samalkot and Kakinada Port of East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.^[1] Further, this section intersects Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line at Samalkot.^[2]

Jurisdiction

The branch line is an electrified double-track railway line.^[3] It is under the administrative jurisdiction of Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone with a length of 15.60 km (9.69 mi).^[1]^[4]

Legend

to Howrah–Chennai main line

Samalkot

Samalkot Chord Cabin

Kakinada Town

Kakinada Port C Cabin

Kakinada Port

Source:Google maps, - Machilipatnam Passenger
Gudivada-Narasapur passenger

References

1 2 "Jurisdiction". South Central Railways. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
↑ "Map of Samalkot". India Rail Info. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
↑ "Kakinada Port station to be opened next month". The Hindu (Kakinada). 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
↑ "Report No. 11 of 2009-10 (Railways)" (PDF). Comptroller and Auditor General of India. p. 52. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

South Central Railway zone

Administration	Indian Railways Ministry of Railways Railway Board

History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways History of rail transport in India Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

Divisions	Guntur Nanded Vijayawada Hyderabad Secunderabad Guntakal

Sections / Branch lines	Bhimavaram–Narasapuram branch line Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line Tenali–Repalle branch line Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line Gudur–Renigunta section

Major stations	Guntakal Junction Guntur Junction Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Kazipet Hazur Sahib Nanded Rajahmundry Secunderabad Junction Vijayawada Junction Tirupati

Named trains	Andhra Pradesh Express Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express Ajanta Express Charminar Express Dakshin Express Devagiri Express Falaknuma Express Godavari Express Golconda Express Goutami Express Hussainsagar Express Krishna Express Manikarnika Express Narayanadri Express Pinakini Express Ratnachal Express Sabari Express Sachkhand Express Satavahana Express Secunderabad Rajdhani Express Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad Garib Rath Express Tirumala Express Venkatadri Express Machilipatnam Express

Indian rail subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification

Institutes	Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications

Transits	Hyderabad MMTS Hyderabad Metro Rail

See also	Trains of South Central Railway (India) Rail transport in India

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