Dharmavaram Junction railway station

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Dharmavaram Junction
Indian Railways station
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Dharmavaram Junction signboard
General information
Location Dharmavaram, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
Flag of India.svg India
Elevation371 m
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Guntakal–Bangalore section, Dharmavarm–Pakala branch line, Dharmavaram-Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam-Penukonda line.
Platforms5
Construction
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusFunctional
Station codeDMM
Fare zone South Central Railway zone
ElectrifiedYes
Location
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Dharmavaram Junction
Location in Andhra Pradesh
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Dharmavaram Junction
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Dharmavaram railway station (station code:DMM [1] ) is the primary railway station serving Dharmavaram, Anantapur district. It is one of the major train junctions in Andhra Pradesh. The station comes under the jurisdiction of Guntakal division of South Coast Railways. [2] The station has five platforms.

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Originating trains

At present three services originates from this station, the Vijayawada – Dharmavaram Express. [3] and Dharmavaram-Machilipatnam/Narasapur Express (via Tirupati, Vijayawada Jn., Gudiwada Jn., Bhimavaram Jn.) and Dharamavaram-Bengaluru Memu express

Routes

Dharmavaram Junction station is an important Junction. 3 routes passes through this station connecting Tirupati, Bengaluru & Guntakal. 1st route is 283.7 kilometres (176.3 mi) long Guntakal–Bangalore section. 2nd route is 228.3 kilometres (141.9 mi) long Dharmavarm–Pakala branch line connecting Pakala, 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Tirupati. 3rd route is 53.5 kilometres (33.2 mi) long Dharmavaram-Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam-Penukonda line. The Rajdhani Express & Karnataka Express runs through this line. From Dharmavaram, Bengaluru via Hindupuram is 182 kilometres (113 mi) & via Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam is 192 kilometres (119 mi). From Dharmavaram, Tirupati is 270 kilometres (170 mi), Guntakal is 101.7 kilometres (63.2 mi) & Gooty is 90.3 kilometres (56.1 mi).

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References

  1. "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. 2015. p. 45. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. "Dharmavaram Junction".
  3. "New train launched between Vijayawada, Dharmavaram". 13 July 2016.

Coordinates: 14°25′34″N77°42′55″E / 14.4261°N 77.7152°E / 14.4261; 77.7152