Podanur Junction(station code: PTJ) is a railway station in

Podanur Podanur or Pothanoor or Pothanur is a neighbourhood in the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. Its history goes back to the creation of a major railway station and colony during British rule. The station was a major hub and is functional ...

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

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 ...

, India

History

It was the first railway station in the

Coimbatore district Coimbatore district is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Coimbatore is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the most industrialized districts and a major textile, industrial, commercial, educ ...

, Kongu Region or Western Region, which opened in 1862 and third oldest railway station in south India next to Royapuram and Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station. It serves one of the four way junction in India. It was served as one of the Railway Divisional Head Quarters of South Indian Railways which is named as Podanur Division, later in 1953 Podanur Division was dissolved and divisional head quarters was shifted to olavakot(now palakkad division) in

kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

Administration

The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the

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and comes under the

Salem railway division Salem division is one of the six divisions of Southern Railway zone. Its headquarters is at Salem, Tamil Nadu. History Salem Railway Division is the newest division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It was carved out of the ...

. It is one of the important railway stations in

with trains to any part of India and also one of the ''A'' graded stations in the ''Southern Railway''. Before the gauge conversion between Podanur-Pollachi-Palani-Dindigul line in 2008, this station served as the important station for the connectivity of western Tamil Nadu to southern regions.

Lines

The station has five platforms and a junction, joining lines going in four different routes: towards

Coimbatore Junction Coimbatore Junction railway station, also known as Kovai Junction railway station (station code: CBE), is the primary railway station serving Coimbatore city. History Train service in Coimbatore with construction of the Old_Coimbatore Railwa ...

, towards

Irugur Irugur is a suburb of Coimbatore, Coimbatore city in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the fastest developing suburbs in the Coimbatore Metropolitan Area. It is located to the north of Trichy Road, Coimbatore, Trichy Road which is a part of ...

, 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 ja ...

and towards

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...

Services

This station handles long-distance trains and local trains.

Development

After Podanur –

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 ...

gauge conversion, trains planned to operated from Podanur Junction, to serve as a satellite railway station for Coimbatore city Junction. But still people demand to bring back the trains Coimbatore to Madurai, Coimbatore to Rameshwaram, Coimbatore to Sengottai in this line that was earlier running successfully before the gauge conversion.

Connections

The terminus is connected to all the major places within the city such as: *

Town Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

- 6.3 km *

Coimbatore Integrated Bus Terminus The Coimbatore Integrated Bus Terminus, commonly known as the CIBT, is the integrated bus terminus under construction in Podanur on Chettipalayam Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, to serve both intercity and intracity buses. Upon comple ...

- 3.9 km *

Gandhipuram Central Bus Terminus The Gandhipuram Central Bus Terminus, commonly known as the Gandhipuram Bus Terminus, is a bus terminus in Coimbatore that serves intercity buses. History In Coimbatore, town buses started operating in 1921 to serve most parts of the city, as ...

- 9.1 km *

Singanallur Bus Terminus Singanallur Bus Terminus is one of the seven bus terminus in the Coimbatore City. It predominantly serves Mofussil buses, although it also serves a few terminating intracity buses. History The bus stand was constructed to ease congestion in ...

- 7.5 km *

Ukkadam Bus Terminus Ukkadam Bus Terminus, popularly known as Ukkadam Bus Stand, is one of the bus terminus of Coimbatore City. It was opened in 1991 to ease congestion in the central bus stand at Gandhipuram.The bus stand was planned to accommodate town buses and ...

- 5.0 km *

Saibaba Colony Bus Terminus New Bus Stand popularly known as Pudhu Bus Stand or Saibaba Colony Bus Terminus or Mettupalayam Road Bus Terminus, is one of the bus terminus of Coimbatore City. History The New Bus Stand on Mettupalayam Road, Opposite to CTC Depot, was opened ...

- 9.4 km *

- 6.4 km *

Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore International Airport is the primary airport serving the industrial cities of Coimbatore and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in the neighbourhood of Peelamedu, about from the center of Coimbatore. It is the 18th-busie ...

- 13.7 km.

References

External links

The official website of Southern railway
{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Railway stations in Coimbatore Salem railway division Railway stations opened in 1862 ta:போத்தனூர் (கோயம்புத்தூர்)