Kotipalli railway station

Kotipalli
కోటిపల్లి
कोटिपल्लि
Indian Railway Station
Location Kotipalli, East Godavari distt., Andhra Pradesh
India
Coordinates 16°42′36″N 82°02′38″E / 16.71001°N 82.04382°ECoordinates: 16°42′36″N 82°02′38″E / 16.71001°N 82.04382°E
Elevation 14 m (46 ft)
Line(s) Kakinada-Kotipally branch line
Platforms 1 (at ground level)
Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Not required
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code KPLH
Zone(s) South Central Railway
Division(s) Vijayawada
History
Opened 1928
Closed 1940
Rebuilt 2004
Location
Kotipalli railway station
Location in Andhra Pradesh

Kotipalli railway station, located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Kotipalli in East Godavari district.

Geography

Kotipalli railway station is located in the fringe areas of Konaseema region on the Godavari delta. [1]

History

The Kakinada-Kotipalli branch line was first laid in 1928, but was removed in 1940 with the onset of the World War II. The British rulers, then ruling in India, were facing shortage of steel and took away the tracks for use somewhere else.[2] The 45 km (28 mi) long line was relaid at a cost of Rs. 670 million (670 million). It was formally opened in November 2004. However, that was only a partly finished project.[3]

The balance of the project

The total project envisaged construction of two lines – the first from Kakinada to Kotipalli, and the second from Kotipally to Narsapur via Amalapuram. The 2001-02 estimates for the Kotipalli-Narsapur line was Rs. 7.10 billion (7,100 million). The estimates are high because three bridges need to be constructed across three distributaries of the Godavari - first, a 5 km long bridge across the Vasista between Kotipalli and Mukteswaram, second, a bridge across Vainateya, between Bodasakurru and Pasarlapudi, and third, across the Gautami between Narsapur and Sakinetipally.[4][5] In the context of limited resources for funding projects in India, it is a tall order, and funds are coming only in trickles, as for example Rs. 20 million (20million) spent in acquiring 110 acres of land.[4] Obviously, such a project had high profile backers such as G. M. C. Balayogi who was Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1998-2002, and S.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao, former union minister and MP from Rajahmundry.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Konaseema". Andhra Pradesh Tourism. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Kamath, K.V. "Kakinada-Kotipalli rail line evokes memories". The Hindu Business Line, 26 July 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Minister inaugurates Kakinada-Kotipalli rail line". The Hindu, 14 November 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bhaskar, B.V.S. "Kotipalli-Narsapur railway line a myth or a reality". The Hindu, 4 May 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Railway that never was:Narsapur-Kakinada". Retrieved 25 January 2013.

External links

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Kakinada-Kotipalli Rail Bus
Kotapalli railway station
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