Appikatla railway station

Appikatla railway station (station code:APL^[1]), is an Indian Railways station in Appikatla of Andhra Pradesh. It is situated on Vijayawada–Gudur section of Vijayawada railway division in South Coast Railway zone.^[2]

Appikatla
Commuter, Inter-city and Regional rail station
General information
Location	Appikatla, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh India
Coordinates	16°14′33″N 80°38′24″E
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Howrah–Chennai main line New Delhi–Chennai main line Vijayawada–Gudur section
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground)
Accessible
Other information
Station code	APL
Zone(s)	SCoRTooltip South Coast Railway zone
Division(s)	VijayawadaTooltip Vijayawada railway division
Classification	Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6)
History
Opened	1899 (1899)
Electrified	1980–81
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Machavaram towards ? New Delhi–Chennai main line Bapatla towards ? Howrah–Chennai main line
Route map Legend km 0 Howrah 116 Kharagpur to Adra to Howrah–Nagpur– Mumbai line Kharagpur–Puri line West Bengal Odisha border 231 Balasore 294 Bhadrak 337 Jajpur Keonjhar Road Mahanadi 409 Cuttack 437 Bhubaneswar 456 Khurda Road to Puri Khurda Road– Visakhapatnam section 527 Balugaon 582 Chatrapur 603 Brahmapur Odisha Andhra Pradesh border 603 Ichchapuram 645 Sompeta 678 Palasa 703 Naupada 751 Srikakulam Road 789 Chipurupalle to Jharsuguda– Vizianagaram line 820 Vizianagaram 881 Visakhapatnam Junction Duvvada– Vijayawada section 914 Anakapalle 977 Tuni 994 Annvaram 1,031 Samalkot 1,081 Rajahmundry Godavari River 1,103 Nidadavolu 1,123 Tadepalligudem 1,170 Eluru to Kazipet– Vijayawada section 1,230 Vijayawada Junction to Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line Krishna River Vijayawada– Gudur section to Guntur–Tenali section 1,230 Tenali to Tenali–Repalle branch line 1,304 Bapatla 1,319 Chirala 1,369 Ongole 1,485 Nellore 1,523 Gudur Gudur–Chennai section Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu border 1,661 Chennai Central km Sources: Google maps Howrah Chennai SF Mail 12839
Location Appikatla Location in Andhra Pradesh Show map of Andhra Pradesh Appikatla location in India Show map of India

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Appikatla is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.^[2] 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 ₹1 crore and handles close to 1 million passengers.^[3]