Tiruttangal | |
Type: | Regional rail & Light rail station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Thiruthangal, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 9.4774°N 77.811°W |
Line: | Virudunagar–Sengottai line |
Other: | Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Parking: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Southern Railway zone |
Status: | Functioning |
Passengers: | 265,111 (per year) 726 (per day) |
Pass Year: | 2022–23 |
Tiruttangal railway station (station code: TTL) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] [2] It serves Tiruttangal, located in Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[3]
The station was established during 1932. The station survived a closure during 1984 with strong protests from the residents of Thiruthangal, when the Southern Railway zone initiated such an action.[4]
The station lies on the line between and [5] [6] The station saw major facelift in its facilities for passengers, when R. Chandramogan, a native and resident of Thiruthangal donated for raising the level of platform after the gauge conversion, which wasn't done the respective authorities citing fund crunch. Also reverse osmosis purified water, parcel room, coach indicators and wheelchair ramp for physically challenged were established.[4]
For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was and daily earnings was . For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 265,111 and daily count was 726. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 1335.