Guntur Junction is the major intercity rail station in the city of Guntur. It is located in Guntur District in a south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. It is the central (Hauptbahnhof) station in Guntur city as well as Guntur district . .

The Guntur Station is owned by Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

 and operated by the South Central Railway

South Central Railway

The South Central Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Secunderabad and has the following divisions:# Secunderabad# Hyderabad# Guntakal # Vijayawada# Guntur# Nanded...

.It is also the divisional headquarter of Guntur division

Guntur division

Guntur Railway Division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway , a zone of the Indian Railways. SCR has its head quarters at Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh and serves almost the whole of the state of Andhra Pradesh, a large part of Maharashtra along with small portions of Madhya...

. Making an annual revenue of more than Rs.60 milliond (USD1.5 millions), Guntur Junction is the largest and busiest railway station in Guntur division.It also offers many facilities including internet

Internet

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. It has East Terminal

Train station

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 and West Terminal with large reservation complexes. There are 7 platforms

Railway platform

A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms...

 provided for the services. The platforms are inter-connected through an underground subway system

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

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