Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta
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Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta or Venkatanarasimha Rajuvaripet is a railway station in Andhra Pradesh
on the border with Tamil Nadu
, India
with the distinction of having the longest name among all stations on the Indian Railway system. It is on the Renigunta
-Arakkonam
section of Southern Railway
.
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is sometimes referred to with the prefix "Sri" making the name longer by 3 letters.
In railway parlance this is a flag station. It is unsignalled and passenger trains halt here.
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...
on the border with Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
with the distinction of having the longest name among all stations on the Indian Railway system. It is on the Renigunta
Renigunta
Renigunta is a suburban area of Tirupati, a major pilgrimage centre for Hindus. Renigunta was initially set up as a railway junction to decongest the traffic at Tirupati East railway station. Later in the 1970s, Tirupati Airport was set up. This Tirupati suburb is popularly known as the 'Dwaar' ...
-Arakkonam
Arakkonam
Arakkonam is a mid-sized City in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with a population of about 101,626 as per the census 2011...
section of Southern Railway
Southern Railway (India)
The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...
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Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is sometimes referred to with the prefix "Sri" making the name longer by 3 letters.
In railway parlance this is a flag station. It is unsignalled and passenger trains halt here.
See also
- Ib - the train station on Indian Railways with the shortest name