Vriddhachalam Junction railway station (station code: VRI) is an NSG–4 category
Indian railway station in
Tiruchirappalli railway division of
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
Cuddalore district
Cuddalore District is one of the 38 List of districts of Tamil Nadu, districts in the States and union territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu in India.
History
Since ancient times, the old town has been a seaport. Through the centuries, Cu ...
in the Indian state 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 ...
and serves
Virudhachalam
Virudhachalam, also called Vriddhachalam, is a Municipality and taluk headquarters in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The ancient name of this town is Thirumudhukundram. As per the 2011 census, the town had a population of ...
.
History
The
South Indian Railway Company
The South Indian Railway Company operated a number of gauge lines in South India from 1874 to 1951.
History
The Great Southern of India Railway Company was established with its headquarters in England in 1853. The Carnatic Railway Company wa ...
laid a -long metre-gauge trunk line from Chennai to Tuticorin in 1880.
With the conversion from metre gauge to broad gauge in the entire Egmore–Tambaram–Villupuram–Tiruchirapalli–Dindigul–Madurai sector virtually complete broad-gauge passenger traffic was initiated in March 2001.
Projects and development
The broad-gauge
Viluppuram–Tiruchirapalli sector was electrified in 2010. It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under ''Amrit Bharat Station Scheme'' of Indian Railways.
References
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Trichy railway division
Railway stations in Cuddalore district
Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu
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