Bhimavaram Town railway station

Bhimavaram town railway station is located in Bhimavaram of West Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone. At present broad gauge and line was under construction of doubling and electrification. It is 690th most busiest railway station in India.HistoryGDV-BVRM Broad gauge railway opened by Jagjivan Ram Railway Minister on 08.10.1961. First express train passing through bvrt is narsapur express (17255/17256) interduceded in year 1-10-1979, first AC train was cocanada SF express (12775/12776) cct-sec and non AC super fast train was vskp-ltt SF express (12749/12750) runs on Wednesday and Saturday at present it was converted into ordernary vskp-ltt (18519/18520) express dailyClassificationBhimavaram Town railway station is an A–category station. It is recognized as a Model station, Adarsh station and Touch & Feel (Modern Stations) in the Vijayawada railway division.Structure and amenitiesThe station is spread over an of 17105m2. The station has 02 platforms and all the tracks are broad gauge. Almost all platforms are in same size. SCR recently installed Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM)s in Town railway station.Performance and earningsThe below table lists the passenger earnings of the station of the previous years.