Gollaprolu railway station


Gollaprolu railway station, is an Indian railway station in Gollaprolu, a town in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Vijayawada-Chennai section and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. 20 trains halt in this station every day. It is the 1308th-busiest station in the country.

History

Between 1893 and 1896, of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Gollaprolu is categorized as a Non-Subruban Grade-6 railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–6 category station earns nearly crore and handles close to passengers.