Machilipatnam railway station (station code:MTM) located in the Indian state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

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Machilipatnam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar (), is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the Tehsil, mandal ...

Krishna district Krishna district is a district in the Coastal Andhra region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is surrounded on the East by Bay of Bengal, West by Guntur district, Guntur, Bapatla distric ...

. 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 ...

South Coast Railway zone South Coast Railway ( SCoR) is one of the 18 railway zones of the Indian Railways. The zonal headquarters is located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The formal notification for operationalization of this zone is yet to be issued. History ...

. The Vijayawada–Machilipatnam line was scheduled to be doubled by 2016. Machilipatnam railway station is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-5 (NSG-5)'' station in the

History

In 2012–13, a survey report was submitted for new Machilipatnam–Repalle railway line.

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Machilipatnam is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-5 (NSG-5)'' railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–5 category station earns between –

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and handles passengers.

Station amenities

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

Originating Express Trains

All trains originating from Machilipatnam must pass through Gudivada Jn.

References

{{Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh Railway stations in India opened in 1908 Railway stations in Krishna district Vijayawada railway division Transport in Machilipatnam