Proddatur - Transportation

Transportation

The town is well connected by rail and road.

The nearest railway station is Yerraguntla, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the town and on the Mumbai-Chennai railway line. A new railway station is under construction in Proddatur on the bypass road in Dorasani Palli area near Jammalamadugu Road. Shortly this railway line would be commenced. Indian Railways accepted a proposal for Cumbum (Prakasam district) - Proddatur railway line in 2010 and started a survey. The construction of the Railway Line had been completed n yet to be "START".

Govt-owned A.P.S.R.T.C runs buses to many cities and town of the state and also to other states of India.

There are private travels like K.M.R. Travels, Diwakar Travels, Sri Kaleswari Travels, AR & BCVR Tavels, BBVR travels ,Indu travels and sree Lakshmi Travels which provide bus services to all major cities in the state.

There are numerous auto-rickshaws in the town with an affordable fixed rate of 7 rupees per head on some routes. Busses are running frequently to different places from Proddatur.

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