title: Thadi railway station
text: # Thadi railway station
  
  Railways around Visakhapatnam :
  
  Thadi railway station (station code: THY), located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Golagam and Thadi villages from Anakapalle mandal in Anakapalli district. It lies in Howrah–Chennai main line. It is 10 km from Duvvada and 6 km from Anakapalle.
  
  ## History
  
  Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway was opened for traffic. In 1898–99, Bengal Nagpur Railway was linked to the lines in southern India.
  
  Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was established in the 1980s and the first coke oven battery was commissioned in 1989.
  
  ## Classification
  
  In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Thadi is categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–6 category station earns nearly ₹1 crore and handles close to 1 million passengers.
  
  