Kothavalasa Junction railway station (station code: KTV) located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Kothavalasa in Vizianagaram district.

It is a major freight transit point with iron ore rakes travelling from mines around Kirandul and Bailadila in Chhattisgarh to Visakhapatnam Port.

Between 1893 and 1896, 1,288 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway was opened for traffic.

In 1898–99, Bengal Nagpur Railway was linked to the lines in southern India.

It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.