Karur Junction railway station (Code: KRR) is a

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming lines. At a station with platforms running from left to right, the minimum ...

located in the city of

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 River Amaravathi, Kaveri and Noyyal. Karur is well known for the export of Home Textile products to ...

in the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is 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 India ...

. It is situated along with Erode and Tiruchirapalli. The station is a junction for incoming trains from

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 bein ...

,Salem and

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 ...

towards Jolarpettai–Chennai line through .

History

It was the first railway station in India to have a broad-gauge track. It was installed in the late 1860s, in a period even when all Indian railway stations, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, were on narrow gauge. A

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

line linking the station to

Salem Salem may refer to: Places Canada Ontario * Bruce County ** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie ** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce * Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...

via was opened in 2014. The station is a part of the Salem railway division of the Southern Railways. Karur is one of the List 'A' class junction in Salem division and one of the top revenue junctions in Southern Railways. Indian Railways has proposed doubling of Salem-Karur-Dindigul and Erode-Karur Line in the 2020 budget.

Lines

Four single BG electric lines branch out from the Junction: # BG Single Electric Line Towards Salem Via Namakkal # BG Single Electric Line Towards Dindigul # BG Single Electric Line Towards Erode Via Kodumudi # BG Single Electric Line Towards Tiruchirappalli Via Kulithalai

Platform layouts

* Number of platforms : 05 * RPF station : Yes (at first platform) * Retiring room : Yes (both AC and Non-AC at Platform 1) * Rest rooms : Yes (at platforms 1,2 & 3) * Canteen : Yes (4 at platform 1 and 1 at platform 2) * Tracks : 07 * Platform 1 : Express/Superfast trains towards

Erode Erode () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the E ...

,Chennai,

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 ...

and

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 ...

* Platform 2 : Passenger trains and few weekly trains * Platform 3 : Express trains towards Erode, Madurai and Trichy,Palakkad * Platform 4 : Express trains towards

,Bangalore and Madurai and for freight trains * Platform 5 : Passenger trains towards Salem,Bangalore and halting for freight trains

Incidents

* About 40 farmers in the district who had parted with their lands for the Salem–Karur BG line project filed a petition seeking adequate compensation as directed by the court. * Six children, aged under 7 years old and a teacher travelling in a school van had a miraculous escape when their vehicle hit a slowing train at an unmanned level crossing at Kallumadai near the station in February 2014.

References

External links

{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu Salem railway division Railway stations in Karur district Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Karur