Tirupati railway station

Tirupati తిరుపతి तिरुपति
Indian Railway Station
Location	Chennai-Anantpur High way 205, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh India
Coordinates	13°37′40″N 79°25′10″E / 13.6279°N 79.4194°E / 13.6279; 79.4194Coordinates: 13°37′40″N 79°25′10″E / 13.6279°N 79.4194°E / 13.6279; 79.4194
Elevation	150 m (492 ft)
Line(s)	Renigunta-Katpadi line, West North Line, Chennai Suburban
Platforms	5
Tracks	Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	TPTY
Zone(s)	South Central Railway
Division(s)	Guntakal
Electrified	Yes
Location
Tirupati railway station Location in Andhra Pradesh

Tirupati Main railway station, located in the India state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Tirupati and the regular flow of large number of pilgrims visiting Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Chittoor district.

History

A metre gauge line of South Indian Railway Company, opened in 1891, started from Villupuram in South Arcot district and passed through Katpadi and Chittoor to Pakala.^[1] The Katpadi-Gudur line, covering Tirupati, has since been converted to broad gauge.^[2]

Classification

Tirupati is classified as an A1–category station in the Guntakal railway division.^[3] It is also one among the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[4]

Amenities

Tirupati Railway Station has 5 Platforms and each can handle a train with more than 24 Coaches . Escelators are available at each and every platform . Tirupati Railway Station handle daily more than 45 Pairs of Passenger Trains.

References

↑ W.Francis. Gazetter of South India, Vol 1, Page 14. Google Books. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
↑ "Katpadi Jn – Pakala Jn". IRFCA, 1966. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
↑ "Category of Stations over Guntakal Division". South Central Railway zone. Portal of Indian Railways. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

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Trains at Tirupati Main

Tirupati travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station		Indian Railways		Following station
Tiruchanur		South Central Railway zone Renigunta-Katpadi line		Tirupati West

Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

Agra Cantonment Ahmedabad Junction Ajmer Junction Akola Junction Allahabad Junction Ambala Cantonment Amritsar Junction Asansol Junction Aurangabad Bangalore City Bareilly Bhagalpur Bhopal Junction Bhopal Habibganj Bhubaneswar Bhusaval Junction Bilaspur Junction Chandigarh Junction Chennai Central Coimbatore Junction Cuttack Damoh Junction Darbhanga Junction Dehradun Dhanbad Junction Durg Junction Ernakulam Junction Erode Junction Gaya Junction Ghaziabad Junction Gorakhpur Junction Guntur Junction Guwahati Junction Gwalior Junction Haridwar Junction Hatia Howrah Hubli Junction Indore Junction Jabalpur Junction Jaipur Junction Jalandhar City Jammu Tawi Jhansi Junction Jodhpur Junction Kanpur Central Katihar Junction Katni Junction Katpadi Junction Kharagpur Kollam Junction Kota Junction Kozhikode Lucknow Charbagh Ludhiana Junction Margao Madurai Junction Malda Town Mangalore Central Manmad Junction Mathura Junction Moradabad Mughalsarai Junction Mumbai Central Muzaffarpur Junction Mysore Junction Nagda Nagpur Nasik Road Nellore New Delhi New Jalpaiguri Palakkad Junction Patna Junction Partapgarh Junction Pune Junction Puri Raipur Junction Rajahmundry Rajkot Junction Ranchi Junction Ratlam Junction Rourkela Salem Junction Satna Saugor Secunderabad Junction Solapur Surat Tatanagar Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tiruchirappalli Junction Tirunelveli Junction Tirupati Main Ujjain Junction Vadodara Junction Varanasi Junction Vijayawada Junction Visakhapatnam

Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".

Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh

ECoR

Khurda Road	Palasa Sompeta

Waltair	Bobbili Duvvada Kothavalasa Naupada Parvathipuram Parvathipuram Town Srikakulam Road Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram

SCR

Guntakal	Dharmavaram Junction Dhone Junction Gooty Junction Guntakal Junction Kadapa Pakala Junction Renigunta Junction Srikalahasti Tirupati Tirupati West Halt Venkatagiri

Guntur	Bhattiprolu Chinaravuru Chittoor Guntur Junction Macherla Mangalagiri Nadikudi New Guntur Nidubrolu Pallikona Repalle Sattenapalle Vemuru Vinukonda Zampini

Vijayawada	Bapatla Bitragunta Chirala Duggirala Eluru Godavari Gorintada Gudur Junction Kakinada Port Kolakaluru Kondapalli Kotipalli Kovvur Krishna Canal Machilipatnam Narasapuram Nellore Nidadavolu Junction Nuzvid Ongole Pedana Powerpet Rajahmundry Rayanapadu Samalkot Tadepalligudem Tenali Junction Vatluru Vijayawada Junction Vetapalem

SWR

Bangalore	Penukonda Junction Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam

Chennai	Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta

Railways in India

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	Duvvada–Vijayawada section Vijayawada–Gudur section Bhimavaram–Narasapuram branch line Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Gudur–Renigunta section Nallapadu–Nandyal section Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line Tenali–Repalle branch line Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line

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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