Jolarpettai Junction | |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Address: | Tirupattur–Vaniyambadi Road, Jolarpettai Junction, Tirupattur district, Tamil Nadu |
Country: | India |
Map Type: | Tamil Nadu#India |
Line: | Chennai Central–Bangalore City line Jolarpettai–Shoranur line |
Platform: | 5 |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | Available |
Electrified: | Yes |
Code: | JTJ |
Status: | Active |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Zone: | Southern Railways |
Jolarpettai Junction (also known as Tirupattur - Jolarpet Junction [1])(station code: JTJ[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.[3] It is located in the Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu. Jolarpettai Junction falls within Chennai Central- Bangalore City Line via Bangarapet Junction, Krishnarajapuram and Jolarpettai–Shoranur line leading to Kerala trunk via Salem Jn, Erode Jn, Coimbatore Jn, Palakkad Jn and hence connect Chennai to Mangalore through ShoranurJn, Kozhikode and Kannur. Chennai to Thiruvananthapuram through Thrissur, Ernakulam Jn and Kollam Jn .[4]
Around 190 trains stop here and pass to Salem Junction, Bangalore City and Katpadi junction.[5]
It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[6]