Nadikudi Junction
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Indian Junction Railway Station | |
Location |
Dachepalle, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh India |
Coordinates | 16°21′14″N 79°26′17″E / 16.3539°N 79.438°E |
Elevation | 98 m (322 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Operated by | South Central Railway |
Line(s) |
Nadikudi-Pagidipalli section Nadikudi-Macherla branch line |
Platforms | 3 |
Tracks | 4 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard |
Parking | Available |
Disabled access | |
Other information | |
Status | Functioning |
Station code | NDKD |
Zone(s) | South Central Railway |
Division(s) | Guntur |
History | |
Opened | 1930 |
Electrified | No |
Location | |
Nadikudi railway station (station code:NDKD) is a railway junction in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India .
Historically, Nadikudi was a metre gauge station. Trains which travelled from Guntur to Macherla used to pass through Nadikudi. Later, Guntur-Macherla section was converted from Meter Gauge to Broad Gauge and a new line was laid from Bibinagar near Hyderabad to Nadikudi, thus making Nadikudi a junction.
Trains that go to Macherla divert at Nadikudi Junction. The town nearest town to Nadikudi is Dachepalle. Nadikudi is located on the Pagidipalli-Nallapadu section of Guntur(GNT), South Central Railway Zone (India) (SCR).
Nadikudi railway station is classified as a D–category station. It is one of the four Model stations in the Guntur railway division of South Central Railway zone.
It handles freight traffic and the main commodities include, cement, rice and paddy.