Thanjavur Junction railway station

Thanjavur Junction (station code: TJ^[1]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[2] It is a junction railway station in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and serves Thanjavur, earlier known as Tanjore.

Thanjavur Junction Tanjore Junction
Indian Railways station
Entrance of Thanjavur railway station
General information
Location	Gandhiji Road, Thanjavur-1, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	10°46′41″N 79°08′17″E
Elevation	60 metres (200 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur main line Tiruchirappalli–Nagapattinam line
Platforms	5
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	TJ[1]
Division(s)	Tiruchirappalli
History
Electrified	Yes 25kVa 50Hz
Route map Legend km Chennai Central 11 Basin Bridge 9 to Chennai–Bangalore line Chennai diamond junction Washermanpet 7 to Gudur–Chennai section 6 Royapuram 4 Chennai Beach 3 Chennai Fort 1 Chennai Park 0 Chennai Egmore 2 Chetput Cooum River 4 Nungambakkam 5 Kodambakkam 7 Mambalam 8 Saidapet Adyar River State Highway 48 11 Guindy 13 St. Thomas Mount 14 Pazhavanthangal 16 Meenambakkam / Chennai Airport 17 Tirusulam Arakkonam Junction 63 19 Pallavaram on Chennai–Bangalore line 21 Chromepet Arakkonam Naval Air Station 23 Tambaram Sanatorium Kollar River 25 Tambaram Takkolam 56 NH 32 Tirumalpur 49 28 Perungalathur Kanchipuram 36 30 Vandalur Kanchipuram East 35 33 Urapakkam Nathapettai 29 36 Guduvancheri State Highway 48 39 Potheri Walajabad 22 41 Kattankulathur Pazhava Seevaram 15 43 Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar Palur 12 Ford factory Villiyambakkam 10 47 Singaperumal Koil Radipalayam 8 52 Paranur 56 / 0 Chengalpattu Junction Palar River 59 Tirumani 64 Otivakkam 69 Padalam 76 Karunghuzi 80 Madurantakam 87 Pakkam 91 Melmaruvathur 94 Acharapakkam 100 Tozhuppedu NH 32 105 Karasangal 110 Olakur 114 Panchalam 121 Tindivanam NH 32 131 Mailam 136 NediMozhiyanur Thondi River Sankara Parani River 139 Perani 147 Vikravandi 152 Mundiyampakkam NH 45 to Katpadi Junction on West South line 158 / 0 Viluppuram Junction NH 332 to Puducherry to Chord line 166 Serndanur Thenpennai River 172 Thiruthuraiyur NH 36 178 Panruti State Highway 9 186 Melpattambakkam 191 Nellikuppam 196 Varakalpattu 201 Thirupadiripuliyur State Highway 68 205 / 0 Cuddalore Port Junction Kullanchavandi 14 209 Capper Quarry Kurinjipadi 25 NH 332 NH 36 217 Alapakkam Vadalur 30 Alapakkam Oil Refinery Neyyeli 38 225 Puduchattiram Neyyeli Lignite Mines 232 Parangipettai Uttangal Mangalam 45 Vellar River to Chord line 238 Killai to Salem 243 Chidambaram State Highway 69 248 Vellampadugai Vriddhachalam Junction 58 Kollidam River Vellar River 250 Kollidam to Chord line 257 Arasur 261 Sirkazhi 266 Vaithiswaran Koil State Highway 150 274 Anandatandyapuram 276 Nidur Kaveri 280 / 0 Mayiladuthurai Junction Malliyam 284 8 Manganallur Kuttalam 288 12 Kollamangudi Narasingampet 295 16 / 0 Peralam Junction State Highway 22 Aduthurai 300 19 Punthotam Tiruvidaimaruthur 303 24 Nannilam Tirunagesvaram 306 31 Virkudi State Highway 66 36 Koddikalpalayam Kumbakonam 311 Darasuram 315 39 Thiruvarur Junction Swamimalai 318 8 Ambagarattur Sundaraperumal Kovil 320 13 Pattakudi Kudamuruti River 16 Thirunallaru Papanasam 324 21 Karai Kovilpthu Pandaravadai 327 23 Karaikal Ayyampet 333 28 Tirumalairayanapattinam Pasupatikovil 335 34 Nagore Vettar River 39 Vellipalayam Titte 341 40 Nagapattinam Beach Thanjavur Junction 350 41 Nagapattinam Junction on Tiruchirappalli–Nagapattinam line
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History

Thanjavur is located on the "main line" of the railway system in the Coromandel coast connecting Chennai with Tiruchirappalli via Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur junction.^[3] In 1861 the Great Southern of India Railway (GSIR) built the 125 km (78 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line between Nagapattinam and Tiruchirapalli (then known as Trichinopoly) and the line was opened to traffic next year.^[4] It was a new development south of Chennai. After South Indian Railway Company took over GSIR in 1874, the Nagapattinam–Tiruchirapalli line was converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre gauge in 1875.^[5]

The South India Railway Company laid a 715 km (444 mi)-long metre gauge trunk line from Chennai to Tuticorin via Cuddalore, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur in 1880.^[6] The 82.67 km (51 mi) long Tindivanam–Cuddalore Port (then known as Cuddalore Junction) sector, 27.60 km (17 mi) long Cuddalore Port–Porto Novo sector, 19.71 km (12 mi) long Shyali–Mayiladuthurai sector and 70.42 km (44 mi) long Mayiladuthurai–Thanjavur sector were opened in 1877, connecting Tindivanam to the already opened Tiruchirappalli–Nagapattinam line.

Three rail lines branch for Thanjavur Junction:

1. Towards north for Kumbakonam Railway Station.
2. Towards east for Nidamangalam Junction.
3. Towards west for Tiruchirappalli Junction.

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 stationary on the other end of this platform, having arrived earlier.^[7]

Gauge conversion

The Cuddalore Port–Vadalur sector was converted in 2003.^[8] After conversion work of the Thanjavur–Tiruvarur broad-gauge section was opened to traffic in 2006 and Tiruvarur–Nagore section in 2010.^[9]

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.^[10] The Electrification of Tiruchirappalli-Thanjavur-Kumbakonam-Mayiladuthurai section was completed in the end of 2020 and it was commissioned on 14 February 2021.

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.^[11]

References

1. "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
2. "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
3. "Four Cauvery Delta Branches". IRFCA. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
4. "IR History: Early Days – I". Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832–1865). Retrieved 3 January 2014.
5. "IR History: Early Days – II". Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899). Retrieved 3 January 2014.
6. "Chugging into the past". The Hindu. 18 December 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
7. https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1518/1/lsd_02_04_17-02-1958.pdf page 27
8. "Trichur rly division nets Rs. 23.77 cr. Passenger earnings". The Hindu. 16 August 2004. Archived from the original on 30 October 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
9. "More trains in pipeline for delta districts, says Southern Railway GM". The Hindu. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
10. "Specific items for Southern Railway in Railway Budget 2012-13". New Railway Electrification Surveys sanctioned in 2012–13. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014. Work has been started for electrification of Tpj to Karaikal. Tanjore to villupuram mainline electrification also.
11. "AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS". Press Information Bureau. New Delhi. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

External links

• Thanjavur Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
• Thanjavur travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Titte towards ?		Southern Railway zone Chennai–Thanjavur line		Terminus
Mariamman Koil towards ?		Southern Railway zone Tiruchirappalli–Nagapattinam branch line		Alakkudi towards ?