| Perundurai | |
| Type: | Light rail and Commuter rail station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Perundurai, Erode district, Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 11.2538°N 77.6289°W |
| Map Type: | India#India Tamil Nadu |
| Line: | Jolarpettai–Shoranur line |
| Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
| Platform: | 2 |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Parking: | Available |
| Bicycle: | Not Available |
| Status: | Active |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Code: | PY |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Former: | Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway |
| Map State: | collapsed |
Perundurai railway station (station code: PY) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It is a railway station near Perundurai in Erode of Tamil Nadu.
It falls between Erode Junction railway station and Coimbatore Junction railway station in the Jolarpettai–Shoranur line under Salem railway division. It is located from Erode Junction.[2] All the eight passenger trains running between Erode Junction and Coimbatore Junction will have a stop at here.
The station is expected to be developed under Corporate Social Responsibility scheme with the help from Commercial establishments and Educational Institutions of this region.[3]
There are proposals that dates back to pre-Independence for laying a new line through Perundurai connecting and via Dharapuram, Kangeyam, Chennimalai, Erode Junction, Gobichettipalayam and Sathyamangalam. Several changes have been made to theses proposal in due time. And a new survey done for Erode–Palani line in 2007 and the proposed new line from Erode Junction will run parallel to the existing Jolarpettai–Shoranur line and it will branch-off towards Palani after Perundurai.[4] [5] As an alternate for Erode-Chamarajanagar railway line, which faces many obstacles from Environmental clearance due to Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary, changes made and survey completed for Erode-Sathyamangalam section alone in 2007.[6]