Duvvada station ranks 9th in ECoR revenue list

Visakhapatnam: Duvvada railway station has secured the 9th position among the top 20 revenue-generating railway stations in the East Coast Railway (ECoR) Zone for the 2025-26 financial year. As per information obtained under the RTI Act from the office of ECoR Bhubaneswar, and shared by Kanchumurthi Eswar, secretary of the Duvvada Railway Users Association, Visakhapatnam railway station continues to hold the first position in the zone. It is also noteworthy that Duvvada railway station has shown steady improvement over the years, moving from the 13th position in 2023-24 to the 10th position in 2024-25, and further advancing to the 9th position in 2025–26, while Visakhapatnam has consistently retained the top rank."During the 2025-26 financial year, Duvvada railway station recorded total revenue earnings of about Rs 41.37 crore. The station also handled a significant passenger volume, with total inward passengers at about 14.69 lakh and total outward passengers at around 15.95 lakh. This consistent growth in both earnings and passenger movement highlights the increasing importance of Duvvada station within the ECoR Zone, both as a revenue contributor and as a key passenger transit point," said Eswar.The Waltair railway division has emerged as the fifth-highest revenue-earning division in Indian railways, the fifth-highest in freight loading, and number one in growth of incremental traffic in 2025-26. The division earned Rs 11,598.07 crore, 17% higher than the previous fiscal.