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Thanjavur Junction

Thanjavur Junction
தஞ்சாவூர் சந்திப்பு
Express train, Passenger train and Commuter rail station
Thanjavur Junction.jpg
Entrance of Railway Station
Location Gandhiji Road, Thanjavur-1, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates 10°46′41″N 79°08′17″E / 10.7781°N 79.1381°E / 10.7781; 79.1381Coordinates: 10°46′41″N 79°08′17″E / 10.7781°N 79.1381°E / 10.7781; 79.1381
Elevation 60 metres (200 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Southern Railway zone
Line(s) Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur line
Tiruchirappalli Junction-Nagapattinam line [Thanjavur - Mannargudi line Via Nidamangalam junction]
Platforms 5
Tracks 7
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code TJ
Division(s) Tiruchirappalli
Electrified Electrified Conversion
Location
Thanjavur railway station is located in Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur railway station
Thanjavur railway station
Location in Tamil Nadu

Thanjavur Junction railway station is located in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and serves Thanjavur, earlier known as Tanjore

Thanjavur is located on the "main line" of the railway system in the Coromandel coast connecting Chennai with Tiruchchirappalli via Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai (Mayuram) and Thanjavur junctions. In 1861 the Great Southern Railway of India built the 125 km (78 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge line between Nagapatnam and Tiruchirapalli (then known as Trichinopoly) and the line was opened to traffic next year. It was a new development south of Chennai. After taking over of GSIR by South Indian Railway Company in 1874, the Nagapatnam-Tiruchirapalli line was converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) wide metre gauge in 1875.

The South India Railway Company laid a 715 km (444 mi) long metre gauge trunk line from Chennai to Tuticorin via Mayiladuthurai Kumbakonam and Thanjavur in 1880. The 82.67 km (51 mi) long Tindivanam -Cuddalore Port (then known as Cuddalore Junction) sector, 27.60 km (17 mi) long Cuddalore Port-Porto Novo sector, 19.71 km (12 mi) long Shyali-Mayiladuturai sector and 70.42 km (44 mi) long Mayiladuturai-Thanjavur sector were opened in 1877, thereby connecting Tindivanam to the already opened Tiruchirappalli-Nagapattinam line.


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