Ulundurpet/Ulundurpettai railway station (station code: ULU) is a railway station on the
Viluppuram–Tiruchirappalli section serving
Ulundurpet
Ulundurpettai or Ulundurpet (உளுந்தூர்பேட் / உளுந்தூர்பேட்டை) is a Municipality in Ulundurpet taluk of kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is at the intersection of NH 68 an ...
, a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and
taluka headquarters
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in
Kallakurichi district
Kallakurichi is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarter is Kallakurichi. Kallakurichi District was announced on 8 January 2019 and it came into existence on 26 November 2019.
History
During Ancien ...
,
Tamil Nadu
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. It is one of the railway stations of the
Tiruchirappalli railway division
Tiruchirappalli railway division () is one of the six railway divisions of Southern Railway zone (SR) of India. It has its administrative headquarters located at Tiruchirappalli. It serves most of the districts of delta region and Central Tami ...
of the
Southern Railway zone.
Location and layout
It is located on the NH 45 near the Ulunderpet Toll Gate, one of the largest toll plazas in South India. The station has a two platform.
Traffic
Of the numerous trains passing through the station, only the Madurai–Viluppuram passenger has a commercial halt, despite Ulundupet being a town panchayat as well as the headquarters of both the
Ulundurpet taluk and the
Ulundurpet state assembly constituency.
The nearest major railheads are:
* (20 km)
* (36 km)
References
Trichy railway division
Railway stations in Viluppuram district
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