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Chirala railway station (station code:CLX) is located at
Chirala Chirala (), is a city in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Chirala mandal in Chirala revenue division. , it had a population of above 170,000. Chirala is the most populated ci ...
town of
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, in the Indian state of
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. It is administered under
Vijayawada railway division Vijayawada railway division is one of the six railway divisions under South Coast Railways of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division are located at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. History It was formed as one of the eig ...
of
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(formerly
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).


History

The Vijayawada–Chennai link was established in 1899. The Chirala–Elavur section was electrified in 1980–81.


Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Chirala is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-3(NSG-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 Crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (107) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the India ...
and handles passengers.


Station amenities

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


References

Vijayawada railway division Railway stations in Prakasam district Railway stations in India opened in 1899 {{AndhraPradesh-railstation-stub