Chirala railway station

Indian railway station

15°49′53″N 80°21′13″E / 15.8313°N 80.3536°E / 15.8313; 80.3536Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouth Coast Railway zoneLine(s)Vijayawada–Chennai sectionPlatforms6Tracks6ConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)ParkingYesOther informationStatusActiveStation codeCLX Zone(s) South Coast Railway zone Division(s) VijayawadaFare zoneIndian RailwaysHistoryElectrifiedYesServices

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Ipurupalem Halt towards ?		South Coast Railway zone Vijayawada–Chennai section of Howrah–Chennai main line		Jandrapeta towards ?

Location
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Chirala railway station (station code:CLX^[1]) is located at Chirala town of Bapatla district, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone (formerly South Central Railway zone).^[2]

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Chirala is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-4 (NSG-4) railway station.^[3] Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–4 category station earns between ₹10–₹20 crore and handles 2–5 million passengers.^[4]

Station amenities

It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs).^[5]

References

^ "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. 2015. p. 46. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. 28 January 2016. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^ "Stations – Category-wise (NEW)". Portal of Indian Railways. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Categorization of Railway Stations". Press Information Bureau. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ Correspondent, Special (27 January 2017). "SCR introduces mobile paper ticketing facility in 38 stations". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh

SCRTooltip South Central Railway zone

Secunderabad	Cheruvu Madhavaram Gangineni

SCoRTooltip South Coast Railway zone

Guntakal	Adoni Chittoor Kadapa Dharmavaram Junction Dhone Junction Gooty Junction Guntakal Junction Kadapa Pakala Junction Renigunta Junction Srikalahasti Tiruchanur Tirupati Tirupati West Halt Venkatagiri Yerraguntla Junction
Guntur	Angalakuduru Bhattiprolu Chiluvur Chinnaravuru Gudipudi Guntur Junction Macherla Mangalagiri Nadikudi Nallapadu Namburu Narasaraopet New Guntur Pallikona Pedakakani Halt Pedakurapadu Pedavadlapudi Penumarru Repalle Sangam Jagarlamudi Sattenapalle Tsunduru Vejendla Vemuru Vinukonda Zampini
Vijayawada	Anakapalle Badampudi Bapatla Bhimadole Bhimavaram Junction Bhimavaram Town Bitragunta Chebrol Chilakalapudi Chirala Denduluru Duggirala Eluru Gannavaram Godavari Gorintada Gudivada Junction Gudlavalleru Gudur Junction Gunadala Kaikaram Kakinada Port Kakinada Town Kavutaram Kolakaluru Kolanukonda Kondapalli Kotipalli Kovvur Krishna Canal Junction Krishnapatnam Machilipatnam Mustabada Narasapur Nellore Nellore South Nidubrolu Nidadavolu Junction Nujella Nuzvid Ongole Padugupadu Palakollu Peda Avutapalle Pedana Powerpet Pulla Rajahmundry Rayanapadu Sitampet Samalkot Junction Tadepalligudem Tanguturu Tanuku Tarigoppula Telaprolu Tenali Junction Ulavapadu Unguturu Vadlamannadu Vatlur Vedayapalem Veeravalli Venkatachalam Vijayawada Junction Vetapalem
Waltair	Alamanda Araku Araku Valley Halt Batuva Halt Bobbili Junction Boddavara Borra Caves Chimidipalle Chipurupalle Dusi Duvvada Garividi Gujjangivalasa Gumada Harishchandrapuram Kantakapalle Karakavalasa Kottavalasa Junction Korukonda Kotabommali Kuneru Lakkavarapukota Malividu Marripalem Narasipuram Halt Narayanappavalasa Halt Naupada Nellimarla Parvathipuram Parvathipuram Town Pendurthi Ponduru Rompalle Salur Shimiliguda Shivalingapuram Shrungavarapukota Sigadam Simhachalam Simhachalam North Sitanagaram Srikakulam Road Tilaru Tyada Urlam Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram Junction

SWRTooltip South Western Railway zone

Bangalore	Basampalle Chakarlapalle Devarapalle Hindupur Kottacheruvu Makkajipalli Maluguru Nagasamudram Narayanapuram Penukonda Junction Rangepalli Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam