Kottavalasa Junction | |
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Junction Station | |
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Location | Visakhapatnam-Aarku Road, Kothavalasa, Vizianagaram dt., Andhra Pradesh India |
Coordinates | 17°53′30″N83°11′09″E / 17.8917°N 83.1859°E Coordinates: 17°53′30″N83°11′09″E / 17.8917°N 83.1859°E |
Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
Operated by | South Coast Railway |
Line(s) | Khurda Road-Visakhapatnam section of Howrah-Chennai main line Kothavalasa-Kirandul line |
Platforms | 5 |
Tracks | Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
Parking | Available |
Disabled access | Yes |
Other information | |
Status | Functioning |
Station code | KTV |
Zone(s) | South Coast Railway zone |
Division(s) | Waltair |
History | |
Opened | 1896 |
Previous names | East Coast State Railway Bengal Nagpur Railway |
Location | |
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Kothavalasa Junction railway station (station code:KTV) located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Kothavalasa in Vizianagaram district. It is a major freight transit point with iron ore rakes travelling from mines around Kirandul and Bailadila in Chhattisgarh to Visakhapatnam Port.
Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway was opened for traffic. In 1898-99, Bengal Nagpur Railway was linked to the lines in southern India. [1]
In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kothavalasa - Araku - Koraput - Jeypore - Jagdalpur - Dantewara - Kirandaul line, the Jharsuguda - Sambalpur - Bargarh - Balangir - Titlagarh Project and the Biramitrapur - Rourkela - Bimlagarh - Kiriburu Project. All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the Dandakaranya Bolangir Kiriburu Project(under Dandakaranya Project). [2] The Kothavalasa-Kirandaul line was opened in 1966-67. [3]
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