Viluppuram Junction Railway Station
Location and layout
Villupuram railway station covers about 20 acres of a vast area, six platforms – Platforms 1 to 3 occupy a length of 600 metres (2,000 ft) and platforms 4 to 6 occupy a length of 550 metres each and few goods/freight train lines which occupies 650 metres (2,130 ft) each and there are few shunting lines. The Railway lines can be crossed with the help of a mass structured over bridge. The railway station is located off the East Pondy Road in the Keelperumpakkam neighborhood. The station is located in close proximity of 3 km (1.9 mi) from the arterial GST Road. Several landmark places such as Railway mixed high school, Aringar Anna Science & Arts College, Municipal Ground, Government Hospital Building, and TNEB Block are located at close proximity from the station.
The Villupuram Old Bus Stand (Town bus stand) is situated at 2 km (1.2 mi) and New bus stand (Central bus stand) is situated at 4 km (2.5 mi) from the Villupuram Junction railway station. The nearest airport is the Puducherry Airport located at a distance of over 40 km (25 mi) and Chennai Airport is 143 km (89 mi) away from Villupuram.
Lines
Five railway lines branch out of the Villupuram Junction railway station.
- Double electrified BG (broad-gauge) line towards Chennai Beach via Chengalpattu Junction.
- Double electrified BG (broad-gauge) line towards Tiruchchirapalli Junction via Virudhachalam Junction and Ariyalur. Electrification work was completed in 2009. Also called "Chord Line" to Tiruchirapalli.
- Single electrified BG (broad-gauge) line towards Tiruchirapalli Junction via Cuddalore Port Junction, Mayiladuthurai Junction, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur Junction. Also called as main line
- Single electrified BG (broad-gauge) line towards Katpadi Junction via Tiruvannamalai and Vellore Cantonment.
- Single electrified BG (broad-gauge) line to Puducherry.
Gauge conversion was underway in 2010, making rail traffic even heavier. Villupuram Junction has been undergone a massive infrastructure upgrade to handle this traffic.
Railway lines
Line no. | Towards |
---|---|
1 | Vridhachalam Junction (South) |
2 | Cuddalore Port Junction (South East) |
3 | Puducherry (East) |
4 | Chengalpattu Junction (North) |
5 | Katpadi Junction (North West) |
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.