Thanjavur Junction (station code: TJ) is a junction railway station in

Thanjavur district Thanjavur District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River and is mostly agrarian. As of 2011, Thanjavur district ...

in the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...

and serves

Thanjavur Thanjavur (), also Tanjore, Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is the 11th biggest city in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is an important center of South Indian religion, art, and architecture. Most of the ...

, earlier known as Tanjore.

History

Thanjavur is located on the "main line" of the railway system in the

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connecting Chennai with Tiruchirappalli via

Villupuram Viluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram () is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district. Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major railway junction, ...

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(Mayavaram) and Thanjavur junctions. In 1861 the Great Southern of India Railway (GSIR) built the -long

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line between Nagapattinam and Tiruchirapalli (then known as Trichinopoly) and the line was opened to traffic next year. It was a new development south of

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. After taking over of GSIR by

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in 1874, the Nagapattinam–Tiruchirapalli line was converted to -wide

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in 1875. The South India Railway Company laid a -long metre gauge trunk line from

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via

, Kumbakonam and

in 1880. The long

Tindivanam Tindivanam is a town and a municipality in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest town in Villupuram District after the headquarters town Villupuram. Important roads from north to south (NH 45) Tamil N ...

–

Port (then known as Cuddalore Junction) sector, long Cuddalore Port–Porto Novo sector, long Shyali–Mayiladuthurai sector and long Mayiladuthurai–Thanjavur sector were opened in 1877, thereby connecting

to the already opened

Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bei ...

–

Nagapattinam Nagapattinam (''nākappaṭṭinam'', previously spelt Nagapatnam or Negapatam) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam District. The town came to prominence during the period of Medieva ...

line. Three rail lines branch for Thanjavur Junction: # Towards north for Kumbakonam junction. # Towards east for . # Towards west for .

Accident

On 8-1-1958 at about 6:25 hours while backing No. 101 Madras-Egmore–Dhanushkodi Boat Mail on the platform line of Tanjore Junction, its rear portion bumped against the rear portion of No 112 Tenkasi Passenger which was standing on the other end of this platform, having been received earlier.

Gauge conversion

The Cuddalore Port–Vadalur sector was converted in 2003. After conversion work of the Thanjavur–Tiruvarur broad-gauge section was opened to traffic in 2006 and Tiruvarur–Nagore section in 2010.

Electrification

New electrification survey in 2012–13 had been sanctioned in the Railway budget for the Karaikkal/Karaikkal Port–Nagapattinam-Thiruvarur-Needamangalam-Thanjavur–Tiruchirappalli and Nagapattinam–Velankanni sectors. The Electrification of Tiruchirappalli-Thanjavur-Kumbakonam-Mayiladuthurai section was completed in the end of 2020 and it was commissioned on 14th February 2021.

Important Trains

Some Important Trains originating and Passing through Thanjavur Junction are *

Uzhavan Express The Uzhavan Express is a train route of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and runs between Chennai Egmore and Thanjavur Junction. The express was introduced on 1 September 2013. It operates daily and covers a distance of 351 k ...

from Thanjavur Junction to Chennai Egmore * Boat Mail Express from Rameswaram to Chennai Egmore * Chendur Express from Tiruchendur to Chennai Egmore * Tambaram–Nagercoil Antyodaya Express *

Cholan Superfast Express The Cholan Express is a superfast express train operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This train connects and Tiruchchirappalli via Viluppuram, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. New LHB coa ...

from Trichchirapalli Junction to Chennai Egmore * Mahal Superfast Express from Madurai Junction to Chennai Egmore (Bi-weekly) * Chemmozhi Express from Mannargudi to Coimbatore Junction *

Tea Garden Express Tea Garden Express (Officially known as KaraikalErnakulam Express) is a overnight regional rail connecting Karaikal in Union Territory of Puducherry with Ernakulam in Kerala via Thanjavur Junction, Tiruchirappalli Junction,Karur Junction, Coim ...

from Karaikal to Ernakulam Junction * Mysore–Mayiladuthurai Express * Mayiladuthurai–Coimbatore Jan Shatabdi Express

References

External links

* * {{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu Railway stations in Thanjavur district Trichy railway division Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu