| Vriddhachalam Junction | |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Type: | Indian Railways station |
| Address: | State Highway 69, Vriddhachalam, Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
| Elevation: | 45m (148feet) |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | Southern Railway zone |
| Line: | Chord Line, Tamil Nadu Vriddhachalam–Cuddalore Port branch line Vriddachalam–Salem line |
| Platform: | 4 |
| Structure: | Standard on ground |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | No |
| Status: | Functioning |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Map Type: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
| Map Dot Label: | Vriddhachalam |
Vriddhachalam Junction railway station (station code: VRI) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It is located in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and serves Virudhachalam.
The South Indian Railway Company laid a 7150NaN0-long metre-gauge trunk line from Chennai to Tuticorin in 1880.[2]
With the conversion from metre gauge to broad gauge in the entire Egmore–Tambaram–Villupuram–Tiruchirapalli–Dindigul–Madurai sector virtually complete broad-gauge passenger traffic was initiated in March 2001.[3]
The broad-gauge Viluppuram–Tiruchirapalli sector was electrified in 2010.[4] It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[5]