Waltair railway division

Waltair railway division is one of the three railway divisions under East Coast Railway zone. A section of the division will be part of the new South Coast Railway zone upon operationalization.

The Rayagada railway division has been proposed to succeed a section of the existing Waltair division which will remain in the East Coast Railway zone upon bifurcation.

Main lines
The main lines of the division are as follows:

Stations and categories
The list includes the stations under the Waltair railway division and their station category.

Stations closed for Passengers -

Loco sheds
The Diesel Loco Shed at Visakhapatnam, is the largest diesel shed in Indian Railways, with a capacity to accommodate 300 Diesel Locomotives. While, the Electric Loco Shed is currently holding 231 Electric locomotives.

It holds WDM-2 – 57, WDS-6 – 10, WDG-3A – 96 alongside 3 rail busses.

While, the Visakhapatnam Electric Loco Shed can accommodate 297 locomotives which includes WAG-5 – 83, WAP-4 – 21, WAP-7 - 35, WAG-6 – 9, WAG-9H – 172,

Performance and earnings
Waltair division was awarded efficiency shields in eight categories. Vizianagaram and Tilaru was awarded best major and minor clean stations. During the 2014–15 financial year, the division has recorded its highest of inr 66533100000.00001. It includes the majority share of inr 61597299999.99999 from freight transport itself. The division had transported 54.86 million tonnes of load and 33.72 million passengers. The passengers earnings were inr 4331500000

During 2012–13, freight revenue earnings of Waltair railway division were inr 56420000000. For the same period, the passenger traffic was 32.94 million and passenger earnings were inr 3129600000 respectively. Due to industrialization in the modern era, the division equally serves the transportation needs of the port city of Visakhapatnam. The division serves major public sectors such as Visakhapatnam Port Trust, RINL, IOC, BPCL, HPCL etc.