 Between 1893 and 1896, of the East Coast State Railway, between Vijayawada and Cuttack was opened for traffic.The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.As there was no railway bridge across the Krishna River, the trains from the South were terminated at this railway station and those from the North were terminated at Vijayawada railway station.