Jolarpettai Junction railway station explained

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]

Lines

Trains

Around 190 trains stop here and pass to Salem Junction, Bangalore City and Katpadi junction.[5]

Projects and development

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chennai-Bengaluru train travel to get faster as Railways approves speed increase to 130 kmph . 25 March 2024 . The Economic Times . 18 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Station Code Index . Portal of Indian Railways . Centre For Railway Information Systems . 25 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216225807/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2023-24/Station_Code_Index.pdf . 16 February 2024 . 6 . 2023–24.
  3. Web site: SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE) . Portal of Indian Railways . Centre For Railway Information Systems . 25 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240323095403/https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf . 23 March 2024 . 1 . 1 April 2023.
  4. Web site: Line.
  5. Web site: Trains.
  6. News: AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS . 6 April 2024 . Press Information Bureau . 10 Feb 2023 . New Delhi.