Tiruchirappalli railway division
Office of the Divisional Headquarters
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| Reporting mark | TPJ |
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| Locale | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
| Dates of operation | 16 May 1956–present |
| Predecessor | South Indian Railway |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Previous gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
| Electrification | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz |
| Length | 1,026.55 km (637.87 mi) |
| Headquarters | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Website | www |
Tiruchirappalli railway division is one of the seven railway divisions of Southern Railway Zone (SR) of India. It has its administrative headquarters located at Tiruchirappalli. It serves most of the districts of delta region and Central Tamil Nadu.
The history of division dates long back to 1853, when the Great Southern of India Railway Company was established with its headquarters at England and first line was constructed between Negapatnam and Trichinopoly in 1859. Tiruchirappalli railway division was formed while consolidating all other railways of pre-independence era on 16 May 1956. It is the second largest division of the zone having a route length of about 1,026.55 km (637.87 mi), spread over 13 districts of Tamil Nadu. Also this could be the only division in the world that is serving the railway lines of erstwhile South Indian Railway Company and Pondicherry Railway Company developed by the British empire and French empire respectively.
The division comes under Southern Railway zone, which is headed by General Manager, Shri Vashishta Johri. The division is headed by Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Atul Kumar Agarwal. It was also once headed by Manjula Rangarajan, an 1983 batch Indian Railway Accounts Service officer, who became the first woman to head the division in its 150–year history. The divisional railway office (DRO) is located close to Tiruchirappalli Junction, which is one of the busiest railway junctions in India and second biggest railway station in Tamil Nadu only next to Chennai Central.
The division spans to Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Nagappattinam, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Ariyalur, Viluppuram, Tiruvarur, Perambalur and Ariyalur districts of Tamil Nadu state and Union Territory of Pondicherry including Karaikal. The total area covered by the division is about 1,026.55 km (637.87 mi), of which BG accounts to 843.26 km (523.98 mi) (including electrified lines) and MG is 183.29 km (113.89 mi), which are all under Gauge conversion.
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