With the completion of the Kazipet–Balharshah[[Kazipet]]–[[Balharshah Junction railway station|Balharshah]] link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.<ref name="IR History: Early Days – III">{{cite web| url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html | title=IR History: Early Days – III| work=Chronology of railways in India, Part 3 (1900–1947)| accessdate = 26 November 2013}}</ref> Mainly this station surroundings has urban population passengers crowd is huge to this station with surrounding towns are [[Godavarikhani]], [[Manthani]], and [[Peddapalli, Peddapalli district|Peddapalli]]. It is known as the "Grand Trunk Line". Mostly this station have maximum train halts passing through this main line.{{clarify|date=February 2019}}
