Tadepalligudem railway station

Tadepalligudem
General information
Location	Station Road, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh India
Coordinates	16°48′37″N 81°31′36″E / 16.8102155°N 81.5266013°E / 16.8102155; 81.5266013
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Howrah–Chennai main line Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section
Platforms	3
Tracks	6 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Construction
Structure type	On ground
Parking	Available
Accessible
Other information
Station code	TDD
Zone(s)	South Central RailwayTooltip South Central Railway zone
Division(s)	VijayawadaTooltip Vijayawada railway division
History
Opened	1916; 109 years ago (1916)
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Prattipadu towards Visakhapatnam Howrah–Chennai main line Badampudi towards Vijayawada
Location Tadepalligudem Location in Andhra Pradesh Show map of Andhra Pradesh Tadepalligudem Location in India Show map of India Interactive map

Tadepalligudem railway station (station code:TDD^[1]) located in Andhra Pradesh, serves Tadepalligudem in West Godavari district. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone (formerly South Central Railway zone).^[2]

Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic.^[3] The southern part of the West Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.^[4]

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Tadepalligudem is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-3 (NSG-3) railway station.^[5] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–3 category station earns between ₹20–₹100 crore and handles 5–10 million passengers.^[6] The station is one of the Google Stations available in this division

Passenger lifts are available on both Platform 1 and Platform 2

It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).^[7]