Gunadala railway station

Railway station in Andhra Pradesh

16°32′17″N 80°40′23″E / 16.538°N 80.673°E / 16.538; 80.673Owned byIndian RailwaysLine(s)Howrah–Chennai main line
Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam linePlatforms2ConstructionStructure typeStandard (on ground station)Other informationStatusActiveStation codeGALA Zone(s) South Coast Railway zone Division(s) VijayawadaFare zoneSouth Coast RailwayHistoryElectrifiedYes

Location
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Gunadala railway station (station code:GALA^[1]) is an Indian Railways station in the Gunadala neighbourhood of Vijayawada, and a satellite station of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.^[2]^[3] It is situated on Vijayawada - Rajahmundry section of Howrah–Chennai main line and is administered by Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway zone. It is an important station alongside Ramavarappadu, for devotees during the annual Mary Matha festival, celebrated at Gunadala Matha Shrine in the city.^[4] It is one of the 27 rural stations in the state to have Wi-Fi.^[5]

Classification

In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Gunadala is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station.^[6] 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.^[7]

References

^ "Stations on the Tenali – Krishna Canal section" (PDF). Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry. Ministry of Indian Railways. 12 September 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Train services to be partially affected for nine days". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ "A way out to decongest Vijayawada railway station". The Hindu. Vijayawada. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^ "Three-day Mary Matha festival takes off to a colourful start at Gunadala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 April 2019.^{[dead link]}
^ G, Sarthak (7 February 2019). "51 railway stations across Andhra get free Wi-Fi facility". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
^ "Stations – Category-wise (NEW)". Portal of Indian Railways. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Categorization of Railway Stations". Press Information Bureau. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

Railway stations in Andhra Pradesh

SCRTooltip South Central Railway zone

Secunderabad	Cheruvu Madhavaram Gangineni

SCoRTooltip South Coast Railway zone

Guntakal	Adoni Chittoor Kadapa Dharmavaram Junction Dhone Junction Gooty Junction Guntakal Junction Kadapa Pakala Junction Renigunta Junction Srikalahasti Tiruchanur Tirupati Tirupati West Halt Venkatagiri Yerraguntla Junction
Guntur	Angalakuduru Bhattiprolu Chiluvur Chinnaravuru Gudipudi Guntur Junction Macherla Mangalagiri Nadikudi Nallapadu Namburu Narasaraopet New Guntur Pallikona Pedakakani Halt Pedakurapadu Pedavadlapudi Penumarru Repalle Sangam Jagarlamudi Sattenapalle Tsunduru Vejendla Vemuru Vinukonda Zampini
Vijayawada	Anakapalle Badampudi Bapatla Bhimadole Bhimavaram Junction Bhimavaram Town Bitragunta Chebrol Chilakalapudi Chirala Denduluru Duggirala Eluru Gannavaram Godavari Gorintada Gudivada Junction Gudlavalleru Gudur Junction Gunadala Kaikaram Kakinada Port Kakinada Town Kavutaram Kolakaluru Kolanukonda Kondapalli Kotipalli Kovvur Krishna Canal Junction Krishnapatnam Machilipatnam Mustabada Narasapur Nellore Nellore South Nidubrolu Nidadavolu Junction Nujella Nuzvid Ongole Padugupadu Palakollu Peda Avutapalle Pedana Powerpet Pulla Rajahmundry Rayanapadu Sitampet Samalkot Junction Tadepalligudem Tanguturu Tanuku Tarigoppula Telaprolu Tenali Junction Ulavapadu Unguturu Vadlamannadu Vatlur Vedayapalem Veeravalli Venkatachalam Vijayawada Junction Vetapalem
Waltair	Alamanda Araku Araku Valley Halt Batuva Halt Bobbili Junction Boddavara Borra Caves Chimidipalle Chipurupalle Dusi Duvvada Garividi Gujjangivalasa Gumada Harishchandrapuram Kantakapalle Karakavalasa Kottavalasa Junction Korukonda Kotabommali Kuneru Lakkavarapukota Malividu Marripalem Narasipuram Halt Narayanappavalasa Halt Naupada Nellimarla Parvathipuram Parvathipuram Town Pendurthi Ponduru Rompalle Salur Shimiliguda Shivalingapuram Shrungavarapukota Sigadam Simhachalam Simhachalam North Sitanagaram Srikakulam Road Tilaru Tyada Urlam Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram Junction

SWRTooltip South Western Railway zone

Bangalore	Basampalle Chakarlapalle Devarapalle Hindupur Kottacheruvu Makkajipalli Maluguru Nagasamudram Narayanapuram Penukonda Junction Rangepalli Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam

SRTooltip Southern Railway zone

Chennai	Akkampeta Doravari Chatram Nayudupeta Odur Pedapariya Polireddipalem Pudi Sullurupeta Tada Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta

v t e South Central Railway
Administration	Ministry of Railways Rail Nilayam
History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Divisions	Hyderabad Nanded Secunderabad
Sections / Branch lines	Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section Secunderabad–Dhone section Nallapadu–Nandyal section
Railway stations	Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana
Subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification
Institutes	Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
Transits	Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System
See also	Rail transport in India