Ulundurpettai | |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Thiruchi–Chennai Hwy, Ulundurpet, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu[1] |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 11.7021°N 79.3179°W |
Map Type: | India#India Tamil Nadu |
Line: | Chord Line, Tamil Nadu |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Southern Railway zone |
Status: | Functioning |
Ulundurpet/Ulundurpettai railway station (station code:ULU) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.[2] It is a railway station on the Viluppuram–Tiruchirappalli section serving Ulundurpet, a town and taluka headquarters in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu.
It is located on the NH 45 near the Ulunderpet Toll Gate, one of the largest toll plazas in South India. The station has a two platform.
Of the numerous trains passing through the station, only the Madurai to Villupuram express has a commercial halt, despite Ulundupet being a town panchayat as well as the headquarters of both the Ulundurpet taluk and the Ulundurpet state assembly constituency.
The nearest major railheads are: