[2][3] The track from Duvvada to Thadi is under the administrative jurisdiction of East Coast Railway zone, and the rest of the line from Anakapalle to Vijayawada is under the administrative jurisdiction of South Central Railway zone.

[4] The Red Hill Railroad near Chennai, used in 1837 for transporting granite, is considered by many as the first operational railway in India.

[6] During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, from Vijayawada to Cuttack was built and opened to traffic.

[9] In the early 1950s legislation was passed authorizing the central government to take over independent railway systems that were there.

[15] Eluru, Rajahmundry and Vijayawada, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.