Arumuganeri railway station (station code:ANY) is an NSG–6 category
Indian railway station in
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
Southern Railway zone.
It is a station in
Arumuganeri of
Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district was formed by bifurcation of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters and largest city of the distric ...
in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Tamil Nadu
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.
History
The station lies on the Tiruchendur-Thoothukudi state highway. There are many salt fields in the surrounding areas . The main reason for building this station was for freight transport. The salt manufactured were processed in mills, then packed and finally transported. But now salt transportation through goods train has stopped.
Services
Chendur Express
The Chendur Express is an Express trains in India, Express train operated by Southern Railway zone of Indian railways. This train runs between Thiruchendur and Chennai Egmore. It is a daily overnight service and an important train of Tiruchendu ...
is the only direct
train
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from this station to
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
. There are passenger trains to Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Palani & Tiruchendur from Arumuganeri.
References
External links
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Railway stations in India opened in 1942
Madurai railway division
Railway stations in Thoothukudi district
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