Dindigul Junction railway station (station code: DG) is a junction railway station serving the city of

Dindigul Dindigul, also spelt Thindukkal (), is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dindigul district. Dindigul is located southwest from the state capital, Chennai, away from Tiruchirappalli, away ...

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 language ...

, India. The station is a part of the

Madurai railway division Madurai railway division is a railway division belonging to the Southern Railways (SR), India. Officially created in 1956, it spans over making it the largest railway division of the Southern Railways. Prior to the formation of the Thiruvanant ...

of the Southern Railway zone. It serves as a gateway for as all train services from Chennai and north towards Madurai Junction pass through the station. It acts as an important junction point and most of the trains halt at Dindigul Junction.

History

Dindigul was major junction point right from metre-gauge era in Great South Indian Railway. Metre-gauge routes to Coimbatore Junction railway,

Tiruchirappalli Junction Tiruchchirappalli Junction railway station, also known as Trichy Junction railway station (station code: TPJ) is a junction station in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. It serves as the headquarters for Tiruchirappalli railway division of the South ...

and

Madurai Junction Madurai Junction railway station (station code: MDU) is a railway station in South India and the primary railway station serving the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The station is the headquarters of the Madurai railway division of the Southern ...

. In 1990s, the first broad-gauge line was established by

Karur Karur () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Karur is the administrative headquarters of Karur district. It is located on the banks of Amaravathi River, River Amaravathi, Kaveri and Noyyal. Karur is well known for the export of Home Te ...

and Madurai broad-gauge track. The line between Madurai and Dindigul was a metre-gauge and broad-gauge parallel lines. After gauge conversion between

Chennai Egmore Chennai Egmore, formerly known as Madras Egmore, also known as Chennai Elumbur (station code: MS), is a railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one of the four intercity railway terminals in t ...

and Madurai,

Palani Palani ( or ''Palni'' as in British records, is a town and a taluk headquarters in Dindigul district of the western part of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is located about south-east of Coimbatore and north-west of Madurai, from Kodaikan ...

route was the sole metre-gauge section in the entire western Tamil Nadu. Around 2012, Dindigul–Palani section was converted into broad gauge, Chennai Palani Express commenced its service. The Dindigul to Palani railway line was electrified in 2022.

Location and layout

The Dindigul Junction is located on the eastern side of the city adjacent to the city's SIDCO industrial estate. The station bears the intersection of four branching railway lines and the next nearest train stations are: * Ambathurai railway station (South) * Tamaraipadi railway station (East) * Akkaraippatti railway station (West) * Eriodu railway station (North)

Madurai Airport Madurai Airport is a customs airport serving Madurai and its adjoining districts in Tamil Nadu, India. It is the 36th busiest airport in India, both in terms of passengers handled and aircraft movement. The airport is located near State Highwa ...

is the nearest airport.

Lines

*BG electrified double line towards

Madurai Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...

*BG electrified double line towards

Trichy 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 bein ...

*BG electrified single line towards

Pollachi Pollachi is a town and a taluk headquarters in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu state, India. Located about to the south of Coimbatore, it is the second largest town in the district after Coimbatore. Pollachi is a popular Marketplace for jag ...

References

External links

* Madurai railway division Railway stations in Dindigul district Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Dindigul {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub