Simhachalam railway station, located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Simhachalam in Visakhapatnam district.It lies in Howrah-Chennai main lineHistoryBetween 1893 and 1896, 1288km 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.