Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
வாஞ்சி மணியாச்சி சந்திப்பு |
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| Express train and Passenger train station | |
Name board at train station
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| Location | Ottantham-Maniyachchi Road, Maniyachchi, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu India |
| Coordinates | 8°52′52″N 77°53′29″E / 8.8811°N 77.8913°ECoordinates: 8°52′52″N 77°53′29″E / 8.8811°N 77.8913°E |
| Elevation | 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Southern Railway zone |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 6 |
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Yes |
| Disabled access |  |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | MEJ |
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway Zone |
| Division(s) | Madurai |
| Fare zone | Indian Railways |
| Electrified | YES |
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station is a junction railway station in Maniyachchi of Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Services from north of the station pass through the station to proceeed southwards to Tirunelveli and eastwards to Thoothukudi, as these branchings make the station, a junction.
The station is named after the Tamil freedom fighter Vanchinathan and was the site of assassination of the British Collector, Robert Ashe. Today the station is a significant station in the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway Zone, one of the six divisions established within the Southern Railway Zone others being Chennai, Tiruchchirappalli, Salem, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram.
The station is located on the Ottantham-Maniyachchi Road at a distance of 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Thoothukudi its district headquarters.
The station has 3 intersecting lines:
Being the junction at which the line bifurcates to the port city of Thoothukudi, the station has a fair share of train stoppage. All the passenger trains, most express trains and a few longer distance superfast trains stop here.
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