Owned by Indian Railways Platforms 6 Opened 1879 Division(s) Tiruchirapalli Owner Indian Railways | Operated by Southern Railway zone Elevation 44 m Station code VM Tracks 15 | |
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Location East Pondy Road, Keelperumpakkam, Viluppuram, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu
India Line(s) Chennai Egmore - Thanjavur Main Line
Viluppuram - Trichy Chord Line
Viluppuram - Pondicherry Branch Line
Viluppuram - Katpadi Branch Line
Chennai Beach - Viluppuram South Line Connections Auto rickshaw, Taxi, Bus Address Keezperum Pakkam, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu 605602 Similar Chengalpattu Junction railway st, Tiruchirappalli Junction railway st, Vriddhachalam Junction railway st, Puducherry railway station, Chennai Eg railway st | ||
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.
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Location and layout
Viluppuram Railway Station covers about 20 acres of a vast area, six platforms alone occupy 44 Meters each. 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 is situated 2 km from the station and the nearest airport is the Puducherry Airport located at a distance of over 40 km.
Lines
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.
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.