Arakkonam Junction railway station (station code: AJJ) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in

Chennai railway division Chennai railway division is one of the six railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Chennai Division was formed on ''31 August 1956 ''. Currently, it has a route length of over 697.93 km an ...

Southern Railway zone Southern Railway (SR) is one of the eighteen zones of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Chennai and operates across the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and the union territory of Puducherry. The origin of the Southern Rai ...

. It is located in Ranipet district of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

. It is one of the oldest railway stations in India, located on the first railway line in South India. It is located on the Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section of

Mumbai–Chennai line The Mumbai–Chennai line, earlier known as Bombay–Madras line, is a railway line connecting Chennai and Mumbai cutting across southern part of the Deccan Plateau. It covers a distance of across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Prad ...

Lines from Arakkonam Junction

Routes having quadruple tracks

* The South Line, Chennai Suburban between and

Chengalpattu Chengalpattu, previously known as Chingleput or Chengalpet, is a town and the headquarters of Chengalpattu district of the state Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located near to the industrial and IT hub. It is the headquarters of the district a ...

. * The West Line, Chennai Suburban between and Arakkonam Junction

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.

Loco shed

Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam is a

motive power depot A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine sheds" or just "sheds". Facilit ...

performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for

electric locomotive An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a Battery (electricity), battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime mover (locomotive), ...

s of the

, India. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Southern Railway, the others being at

Erode Erode (; īrōṭu), is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Kaveri river and is surrounded by the Western Ghats. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu. It is the administrativ ...

(ED) and Royapuram (RPM) and is the oldest in south India. As of 1 November 2020 there are 184 locomotives in the shed mainly WAP-4, WAG-5 HA and WAG-9H 184 locos near the station. It is also one of the last sheds to home the hugely successful WAM-4 class locomotives.The Indian Railway Provided A Wap 5 In Amrit Bharath Express Livery With Effect From May Month

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Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Railway stations in Ranipet district Chennai railway division Railway stations in India opened in 1848 {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub

Lines from Arakkonam Junction

Routes having quadruple tracks

Projects and development

Loco shed

See also

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