Jolarpettai Junction railway station

Jolarpettai Junction (also known as Tirupattur - Jolarpet Junction ^[1])(station code: JTJ^[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[3] It is located in the Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu. Jolarpettai Junction falls within Chennai Central- Bangalore City Line via Bangarapet Junction, Krishnarajapuram and Jolarpettai–Shoranur line 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 .^[4]

Jolarpettai Junction
Indian Railways station
Jolarpettai Junction
General information
Location	Tirupattur–Vaniyambadi Road, Jolarpettai Junction, Tirupattur district, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	12°33′33″N 78°34′36″E
Elevation	417 metres (1,368 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Chennai Central–Bangalore City line Jolarpettai–Shoranur line
Platforms	5
Construction
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	JTJ
Fare zone	Southern Railways
History
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Bangarapet towards Bangalore City Chennai Central–Bangalore City line Katpadi Junction towards Chennai Central
Location Jolarpettai Junction Location in Tamil Nadu Show map of Tamil Nadu Jolarpettai Junction Location in India Show map of India

v t e Salem–Jolarpettai line
Legend
km to Chennai Central 120 Jolarpettai Junction to Bangalore City 116 Jolarpettai Chord Cabin 113 Tiruppattur Junction 101 Kagankarai 96 Kunnathur 89 Samalpatti 81 Dasampatti 73 Doddampatti 65.8 Morappur 59.6 Thonganur 53.2 Buddireddipatti 43.2 Bommidi 33.1 Lokur 23.7 Danishpet 16.6 Tinnappatti 6.5 Karuppur to Bangalore City to Mettur Dam 3.4 Magnesite Junction 0 Salem Junction to Salem Steel Plant to Villupuram Junction to Erode Junction to Karur Junction
Source: Google Maps

v t e Chennai Central–Bangalore City line
Legend
km 0 Chennai Central to Chennai Egmore- Thanjavur main line 2 Basin Bridge Chennai diamond junction to Gudur– Chennai section 3 Vyasarpadi Jeeva 4 Vyasarpadi 5 Perambur 6 Perambur Carriage Works 8 Perambur Loco Works Integral Coach Factory 9 Villivakkam 12 Korattur 14 Pattaravakkam 16 Ambattur 17 Thirumullaivoyal 18 Annanur 21 Avadi 24 Hindu College 25 Pattabiram Heavy Vehicles Factory 26 Pattabiram West 27 Nemilichery Halt 29 Thiruninravur Tata Steel Yard 32 Veppampattu 36 Sevvapet Road 39 Puttlur Halt 42 Tiruvallur State Highway 50 45 Eggatur Halt 47 Kadambattur 50 Senji Pannambakkam 53 Manavur 58 Tiruvalangadu 61 Mosur 63 Pulliyamangalam to Arakkonam–Chengalpattu branch line Arakkonam NAS 69 Arakkonam Junction to Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section 70 Melapakkam Ultratech Cement 78 Chitteri 80 Anavardikhanpet 87 Mahendra Vadi State Highway 128 Mahendra Vadi Quarry 90 Sholinghur 98 Thalangai 100 Marudalam State Highway 61 105 Wallajah Road 113 Mukundarayapuram NH 4 Ponnai River 118 Tiruvalem State Highway 59 128 Sevur State Highway 9/83 to Dharmavaram Junction 129 Katpadi Junction to Puducherry 137 Latteri 142 Virinchipuram 148 Kayanur 154 Guriyapattam State Highway 127 159 Melalathur 164 Valathoor 170 Melpatti Palar River 176 Pachachakupam 182 Ambur 190 Vinnamangalam NH 46 198 Vaniyambadi 206 Kettandapatti 213 Jolarpettai Junction to Jolarpettai– Shoranur line 222 Somanayyakanpatti NH 46 230 Patchur km 235 Kotturu Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh border Malanur 241 State Highway 219 16 Marikuppam Kuppam 254 14 Champion Gudupalli 264 12 Ooragaum Bisanattam 269 State Highway 96 Andhra Pradesh Karnataka border 9 Coromandel Kamasamudram 276 BEML Limited Varadapur 283 7 BEML Nagar Bangarapet Junction 288 0 0 to Kadapa– Bangalore section State Highway 95 State Highway 95 State Highway 96 NH 4 17 Kolar Kolar-Chik Ballapur Road Maralahalli 296 State Highway 5 29 Jangatta Halt Lake Maduvadi Kare Tayakal 300 33 Gottihalli Halt 38 Dalasanur Halt 46 Srinivasapura Halt Bytrayanhalli 309 NH 234 56 Dodaanatta Halt State Highway 82 Malur 315 67 Chintamani NH 234 79 Husenahalli Halt State Highway 117 88 Sidlagatta 95 Gidanahalli Halt 104 Chik Ballapur Devangonthi 327 110 Nandi Halt 117 Venkatagiri Kote Halt 120 Avatihalli Whitefield 335 NH 7 126 Devanahalli Kempegowda International Airport Whitefield Satellite 337 138 Dodjala 142 Bettahalsoor to Guntakal– Bangalore section Krishnarajapuram 344 150 Yelahanka to Yesvantpur NH 7 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. State Highway 104 150 Yelahanka 157 Thanisandra 163 Channasandra Jolarpettai– Shoranur line Bangalore East 351 Bangalore Cantt 353 to Bangalore–Arsikere– Hubli line Bangalore City 358 to Mysore Junction km km Sources: Google maps 12639 Brindavan Express 76551 KSR Bengaluru–Kolar DEMU (via Chik Ballapur) 76501 Bangarpet–Kolar railbus 56505 Bangarpet–Marikuppam Passenger

Lines

• Double electrified BG line Towards Katpadi Junction (East)
• Double electrified BG line Towards Bangarapet Junction (West)
• Double electrified BG line Towards Salem Junction (South)

Trains

Around 190 trains stop here and pass to Salem Junction, Bangalore City and Katpadi junction.^[5]

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.^[6]