Tracks 4 | Phone 080568 58838 Platforms in use 3 | |
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Connections Taxi Stand, Auto Rickshaw stand Address South Boulevard, Colas Nagar, Puducherry, 605001 Similar Viluppuram Junction railway st, Katpadi Junction railway st, Chennai Eg railway st, Tiruchirappalli Junction railway st, Tirupati railway station | ||
Puducherry railway station metre gauge era
Puducherry railway station (Code:PDY) is a railway station serving the city of Pondicherry.
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History
The Puducherry railway line is one of the oldest rail link in India and it was constructed in the year 1879 by the Puducherry Railway Company during the period of French and British rule in India. Under the supervision of South Indian Railway with the object of connecting the town and the port of Puducherry with South India and to develop the resources of the Puducherry Territory, the rail link between Puducherry and Villupuram has been established. Even though there was total enmity between the then Super Powers—the French and the English—when it came to economic development they had a very good understanding and the Puducherry Railway system was a good example of it.
The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Tiruchirapalli railway division. This Division may be the only Division in the world maintaining the Railways developed by both the British and the French empires.
It has daily trains connecting the city with Chennai apart from non-daily trains towards prime cities including Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Bengaluru, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai via Villupuram.
Location and Layout
The Puducherry railway station is located on Subbiah Salai and is very close to several tourist spots and important locations in the city such as the Main Bus Stand (1.3 km), Aurobindo Ashram (1.8 km), Chief Secretariat Building (1.9 km), and Puducherry Airport (6.8 km).
There are 3 platforms in the station for passenger traffic and one for the now defunct goods service. There have also been proposals for constructing 2 pit lanes in the station for train maintenance. The station underwent a major revamp in 2008 following the launch of new trains connecting it to various destinations.
Facilities
The station has Computerised Reservation Center, ATMs, Book Stall, Passenger Care Center, Air-conditioned and Non Air-conditioned Waiting Rooms, Cloak Room, IRCTC Restaurants, Pre-Paid autorikshaw counters and Pre-paid parking space.