Waltair railway division


Waltair railway division is headquartered at Visakhapatnam and at present is under East Coast Railway. This will be divided into two parts with one forming the new Rayagada division in ECoR and other being merged with Vijayawada division of the proposed South Coast Railway zone to be headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It was the highest revenue generator
for the current East Coast Railway zone.

Main lines

The main lines of the division are as follows:

SectionLineDistance
Duvvada-Visakhapatnam-Palasa Main Line213 km Route
Vizianagaram-Singapuram road-Therubali R – V Line137 km Route
Kothavalasa–Kirandul line K – K Line446 km Route
Koraput-Rayagada K – R Line164 km Route
Kottavalasa-SimhachalamIII Line22 km Route
Bobbili – SalurBranch Line18 km Route
Naupada-Gunupur90 km Route
Total1,052 km Route

Stations and categories

The list includes the stations under the Waltair railway division and their station category.
Category of stationNo. of stationsNames of stations
A-1 Category1
A Category3Rayagada,,
B Category
C Category
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D Category--
E Category--
F Category
Halt Station
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Total--

Stations closed for Passengers -

Loco sheds

The Diesel Loco Shed at Visakhapatnam, is the largest diesel shed in Indian Railways, with a capacity to accommodate 300 Diesel Locomotives. While, the Electric Loco Shed is currently holding 231 Electric locomotives.
It holds WDM-2 – 57, WDS-6 – 10, WDG-3A – 96 alongside 3 rail busses.
While, the Electric Loco Shed can accommodate 297 locomotives which includes WAG-5 – 83, WAP-4 – 21, WAG-6 – 9, WAG-9H – 151,

Performance and earnings

Waltair division was awarded efficiency shields in eight categories. Vizianagaram and Tilaru was awarded best major and minor clean stations.
During the 2014–15 financial year, the division has recorded its highest of. It includes the majority share of from freight transport itself. The division had transported of load and passengers. The passengers earnings were
During 2012–13, freight revenue earnings of Waltair railway division were. For the same period, the passenger traffic was and passenger earnings were respectively. Due to industrialization in the modern era, the division equally serves the transportation needs of the port city of Visakhapatnam. The division serves major public sectors such as Visakhapatnam Port Trust, RINL, IOC, BPCL, HPCL etc.