Villupuram Junction railway station
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Viluppuram Junction
விழுப்புரம் சந்திப்பு |
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| Indian Railway Station | |
Viluppuram Railway
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| Location | East Pondy Road, Keelperumpakkam, Viluppuram, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu India |
| Coordinates | 11°56′33″N 79°29′59″E / 11.9426°N 79.4997°ECoordinates: 11°56′33″N 79°29′59″E / 11.9426°N 79.4997°E |
| Elevation | 44 metres (144 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Southern Railway zone |
| Line(s) |
Chennai Egmore - Thanjavur Main Line Viluppuram - Trichy Chord Line Viluppuram - Pondicherry Branch Line Viluppuram - Katpadi Branch Line Chennai Beach - Viluppuram South Line |
| Platforms | 6 |
| Tracks | 15 |
| Connections | Auto rickshaw, Taxi, Bus |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Yes |
| Disabled access |  |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | VM |
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway |
| Division(s) | Tiruchirapalli |
| History | |
| Opened | 1879 |
| Rebuilt | 2011 |
| Electrified | 25 kV AC 50 Hz |
| Location | |
Viluppuram Junction is a junction railway station located in Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. Being a prominent railway station, it serves as the distribution point of rail traffic from Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, towards the southern parts of the state. It is one of the top 5 junctions of Southern Railways which has earned the status of an A Grade train station in Tamil Nadu.
Viluppuram Railway Station covers about 20 acres of a vast area, six platforms - Platforms 1 to 3 occupy a length of 600 metres and platforms 4 to 6 occupy a length of 550 metres each and few goods/freight train lines which occupies 650 metres each and there are few shunting lines. The Railway lines can be easily crossed with the help of two mass structured over bridges. The railway station is located off the East Pondy Road in the Keelperumpakkam neighborhood. The station is located in close proximity of 3 km from the arterial GST Road. Several landmark places such as the Aringar Anna Science and arts College, the Government Hospital Building, and the TNEB Block are located at close proximity from the station.
The Viluppuram Old Bus Stand (Town bus stand) is situated at 2 km and New bus stand (Central bus stand) is situated at 4 km from the Viluppuram Junction railway station. The nearest airport is the Puducherry Airport located at a distance of over 40 km and Chennai Airport is 150 km away from Viluppuram.
Five railway lines branch out of the Viluppuram Junction railway station.
Gauge conversion was underway in 2010, making rail traffic even heavier. Viluppuram Junction has been undergone a massive infrastructure upgrade to handle this traffic.
Being a focal point on the Southern Railway Network, the station handles a large number of trains and freight south-bound from Chennai and vice versa. It is one of the most congested stations in terms of both services offered as well as passengers and freight handled. The station has daily trains to major cities like Chennai, Madurai, Karur, Thiruvarur, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Pondicherry, Vellore, Coimbatore, Thoothukudi, Tirupati, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Mangalore, Vijayawada, Thirunelveli, Erode, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Alappuzha, Guntur etc, and also have weekly trains to Mumbai, Howrah, Delhi, Pune, Kharagpur, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal, Allahabad, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur.
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