Nellore railway station


Nellore railway station is a railway station of the city of Nellore in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is situated on Vijayawada-Gudur section and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone.

History

The Vijayawada-Chennai link was established in 1899. The Chirala-Elavur section was electrified in 1980–81.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Nellore is categorized as a Non-Subruban Grade-3 railway station. 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 – crore and handles passengers. It has been selected for the Adarsh Station Scheme, a scheme for upgradation of stations by the Indian Railways.

Structure and amenities

Nellore railway station is having escalators on 4 platforms. SCR recently installed Automatic Ticket Vending Machines s in Nellore station. It is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. Daily 140 trains, including 132 express trains and 6 passenger trains and 2 EMU/DMU are passing through this station. Nellore railway station was ranked as the 28th cleanest railway station in the country.