Parking Yes Station code MEJ Platforms in use 4 | Status Functioning Elevation 70 m Tracks 6 | |
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Structure type Standard (on ground station) Similar Virudhunagar Junction railway st, Dindigul Junction railway st, Madurai Junction railway st, Nagercoil Junction railway st, Karur Junction railway st | ||
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station (Code: MEJ) is a junction railway station in the town of Maniyachchi in the Thoothukudi district, 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.
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History
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.
Location and Layout
The station is located on the Ottantham-Maniyachchi Road at a distance of 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Thoothukudi its district headquarters.
The nearest airport from the station is the Thoothukudi Airport located 24 kilometres (15 mi) from the town.
Lines
The station has 3 intersecting lines:
Traffic
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.