Tiruchchuli
Express train , commuter rail and Passenger train station
The Main Entrance of the Station
General information
LocationTiruchchuli, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates9°32′16″N 78°11′56″E / 9.537875791321635°N 78.19886809676991°E / 9.537875791321635; 78.19886809676991
Elevation64 metres (210 ft)
Owned byIndian Railway
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Manamadurai–Virudhunagar line
Platforms3
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeTCH
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Madurai
Fare zoneSouthern Railway zone
History
Opened1964 (1964)
Rebuilt2013 (2013)
ElectrifiedYes
Route map
km
UpperRight arrow to Karaikkudi Junction
Left arrow to Madurai Junction
0
 Manamadurai Junction Parking
Right arrow to Rameswaram
NH87-IN.svg NH 87
22
 Narikkudi
35
 Tiruchchuli
Right arrow to Tuticorin (
under
construction
)
NH38-IN.svg NH 38
45
 Aruppukkottai Parking
Left arrow to Madurai Junction (
under
construction
)
Left arrow to Madurai Junction
67
 Virudhunagar Junction Parking
Right arrow to Tirunelveli Junction
LowerLeft arrow to Tenkasi Junction
Location
Tiruchchuli Railway station is located in Tamil Nadu
Tiruchchuli Railway station
Tiruchchuli Railway station
Location within Tamil Nadu

Tiruchchuli railway station is located in Tiruchchuli, Tamil Nadu connecting Manamadurai and Virudhunagar. It is administered under Madurai railway division.[1] A new railway line from Manamadurai Junction–Virudhunagar Junction Via Aruppukkottai was proposed in the Third Five Year plan, which was supposed to ease the pressure on the existing Manamadurai Junction–Madurai Junction and Madurai Junction–Virudhunagar Junction sections.[2] On 1 September 1963, the 22.66 kilometres (14.08 mi) Virudhunagar Junction – Aruppukkottai section was opened,[3] along with Aruppukkottai railway station in the same year by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Kamaraj.[4] And on 2 May 1964, the rest of 43.89 kilometres (27.27 mi) Aruppukkottai – Manamadurai Junction section along with Tiruchchuli railway station opened for traffic.[5] Opened with meter gauge tracks, the 67 kilometres (42 mi) This station catering immensely the passengers of the region and Tuticorin for traffic of goods.[6]

Current Situation

Departures from Tiruchchuli[7]

After reopening there is an only one passenger train that runs six days a week between Karaikudi - Virudhunagar.

before corona 2020 Silambu Express stopped here. after corona stopping removed by railway. people of tiruchchuli demand again silambu express stop should be given

References

  1. ↑ "Madurai Division Map" (PDF). www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in.
  2. ↑ "Chapter 28: Transport and Communications". Government of India. Planning Commission (India). Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Railway Budget 1964–65" (PDF). Indian Railways. Railway Board. p. 4 (208). Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ministers flayed for inaction on railway station issue". The Hindu. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  5. ↑ R. P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History Time line". Irse.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Trains to chug out soon on Virudhunagar – Manamadurai broad gauge section". The Times of India. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Departures from Tiruchchuli".
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