Araku railway station

Araku railway station is an indian railways station located near Araku Valley of Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It belongs to East Coast Railway zone under Waltair railway division. The railway station is situated at about 935 meters elevation.HistoryIn 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the KothavalasaArakuKoraputJeyporeJagdalpurDantewaraKirandaul line, the JharsugudaSambalpurBargarhBalangirTitlagarh Project and the BiramitrapurRourkelaBimlagarhKiriburu project. All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the DandakaranyaBolangirKiriburu project (under Dandakaranya Project ). The Kothavalasa–Kirandul line was opened in 1966–67 under South Eastern Railway Zone with financial aid of Japan for transporting Iron ore.Electrification of the Araku railway station was completed in 1982