Kakinada Town railway station


Kakinada Town railway station is an Indian railway station in Kakinada of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Kakinada Town 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.
The station has been selected for the Adarsh Station Scheme, a scheme for upgradation of stations by the Indian Railways.

Station amenities

It is one of the 38 stations in the division to be equipped with Automatic Ticket Vending Machines.