Jolarpettai Junction (also known as Tirupattur - Jolarpet Junction )(station code: JTJ) is an NSG–3 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 the

Tirupattur district Tirupathur District is one of the 38 districts in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The district was formed in 2019 by the division of Vellore district into three smaller districts. Its creation alongside Ranipet district was announced on ...

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. Jolarpettai Junction falls within Chennai Central- Bangalore City Line via Bangarapet Junction,

Krishnarajapuram Krishnarajapuram (also spelled Krishnarajapura and often abbreviated as KR Puram or KR Pura) is an eastern suburb of Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike#Zones, zones of B ...

and

Jolarpettai–Shoranur line The Jolarpettai–Shoranur line is a broad gauge railway line connecting Jolarpettai in Tamil Nadu and Shoranur in Kerala. Incoming from Chennai, the railway line branches from the Chennai Central–Bangalore City line at Jolarpettai and proc ...

leading to Kerala trunk via Salem Jn, Erode Jn, Coimbatore Jn, Palakkad Jn and hence connect Chennai to Mangalore through ShoranurJn, Kozhikode and Kannur. Chennai to Thiruvananthapuram through Thrissur, Ernakulam Jn and Kollam Jn .

Lines

* Double electrified BG line Towards (East) * Double electrified BG line Towards (West) * Double electrified BG line Towards (South)

Trains

Around 190 trains stop here and pass to Salem Junction, Bangalore City and Katpadi 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.

References

Chennai railway division Railway stations in Tirupathur district Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Jolarpet {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub