Duvvada

Duvvada
Suburban area in Visakhapatnam
Duvvada Railway station name board
Duvvada
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 17°41′59″N 83°09′27″E / 17.69972°N 83.15750°E / 17.69972; 83.15750Coordinates: 17°41′59″N 83°09′27″E / 17.69972°N 83.15750°E / 17.69972; 83.15750
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Government
 • Body Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 530046
Vehicle registration AP 32 and AP 33

Duvvada is a suburban area of Visakhapatnam city, under the Revenue Mandal of Gajuwaka in Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation.
A sub post Office located at Duvvada with pincode 530046[1]

Transport

APSRTC buses are accessible from Dwaraka Bus Station are 38Y & 400K. And also buses are access from surrounding areas are Gajuwaka, Kurmannapalem, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Aganampudi, Vadlapudi etc.

APSRTC routes
Route Number Start End Via
38Y Duvvada Railway Station RTC Complex Kurmannaplem, Old Gajuwaka, BHPV, Airport, NAD Kotharoad, Birla Junction, Gurudwar
400K Duvvada Railway Station Maddilapalem Kurmannaplem, Old Gajuwaka, New Gajuwaka, Malkapuram, Scindia, Railway Station, RTC Complex

By Rail

Duvvada railway station serves about 108,000 passengers on a daily basis. Many of trains always rush like Jhanmabhoomi express, Ratnachal express which are inter city service to other big cities like Secunderabad and Guntur.[4]

Features

  • Vignan college of Engineering and Technology is near to Duvvada railway station.
  • Gonna Institute of information technology(GIITS) is a near by Engineering college (7 km from station) which offers B.tech and diploma courses
  • There is a sub-urban railway station of Visakhapatnam in East Coast Railway, Indian Railways.
  • It has been developed as a satellite station for Visakhapatnam Railway Station, It has 4 platforms.
  • long distance trains also have halt at Duvvuda station.
  • The Duvvuda Station is near to VSEZ Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone and also to Vizag Steel Plant (RINL-VIZAG).
  • Duvvada railway station is the first station of East Coast Railway[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pin/
  2. ↑ http://www.cleartrip.com/trains/stations/DVD


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