Tracks 5 Elevation 60 m Platforms in use 5 | Structure type Standard on ground | |
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Thanjavur Junction railway station is located in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and serves Thanjavur, earlier known as Tanjore.
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Overview
Thanjavur was capital of the Chola kingdom from around 9th century to around 13th century, possibly with intermittent breaks. During this period many temples were built, some of which bear testimony to the finesse of South Indian architecture. As such, it is a place of pilgrimage and tourist interest.
History
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 3⁄8 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.
Three rail lines branch for Thanjavur Junction:
- Towards north for Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai, Viluppuram, Chennai Egmore, Vellore Cantonment, Tirupati, Varanasi, Pondicherry, Nellore, Bhubaneswar.
- Towards east for Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Karaikal Port, Karaikal.
- Towards west for Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Erode, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Palakkad Jn.
Gauge conversion
The Cuddalore Port-Vadalur sector was converted in 2003. After conversion work of the Thanjavur-Tiruvarur broad gauge section was opened to traffic in 2006 and Tiruvarur-Nagore section in 2010.
Electrification
New electrification survey in 2012-13 had been sanctioned in the Railway budget for the Karaikkal/Karaikkal port-Thiruvarur-Thanjavur-Tiruchchirappalli and Nagapattinam-Velankanni sectors.
Services
The station is directly connected to the state capital, Chennai by Uzhavan Express travelling through main line.
More over there Passenger trains calling all stations operating from Thanjavur connecting near and far towns such as Tiruchirapalli, Mayiladuthurai, Karaikal, Kumbakonam, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Dindigul, Cuddalore, Rameshwaram, Karaikudi, Manamadurai and Mannargudi.