Coimbatore Junction railway station, also known as Kovai Junction railway station (station code: CBE), is the primary railway station serving

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. Coimbat ...

city.

History

Train service in Coimbatore with construction of the Old_Coimbatore Railway Station at Podanur started on 18 July 1861, upon the construction of the Podanur–

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line connecting Kerala and the west coast with the rest of India. Coimbatore lies on the Coimbatore–Shoranur

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 ( C ...

. Current Coimbatore Railway Junction was started as a halt station #Old_Coimbatore (Podanur) to Mettupalayam Branch line. It was built then opened on 1 February 1873, two months before MGR Chennai Central was opened as Madras Central. Until 1956, the Coimbatore Railway Division was functioning with Podanur as the headquarters. In 1956, the headquarters was shifted to Olavakkode, of Kerala state and was named Olavakkode railway division. In 1980, Olavakkode division was renamed Palakkad railway division. It comprised Kerala and western districts of Tamil Nadu. A new Salem railway division was carved out of the Palakkad railway division in 2006 with Salem as its headquarters. The city falls under the Salem Division of the Southern Railway zone of

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. Coimbatore is one among the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways. Other major railway stations catering to the city include , and minor stations at , , , , , , Somanur and Sulur.

Background

It is one of the major train stations in South India. It is one of the A1 graded station in the Southern Railway. This station comes under the jurisdiction of Salem division of Southern Railways and contributes to 50% of the revenues of the zone. It is one of the top booking stations in India according to

. Chennai Egmore, Madurai Junction, Coimbatore Junction and Chennai Central are the most profitable stations of Southern Railways.

Lines

The station is a junction formed by the following 4 lines: * Jolarpettai–Peelamedu-Coimbatore line double line, 1891 * Coimbatore–Shoranur line double line 1862 (Then as Single Line) * Coimbatore–Pollachi line single line 1891 (Then as Meter Gauge Single Line) *

Coimbatore–Mettupalayam branch line The Coimbatore–Mettupalayam branch line connects and in Tamil Nadu. History The Coimbatore–Mettupalayam dual gauge broad-gauge, line was opened to traffic in 1873. The Coimbatore–Mettupalayam section was converted to complete broad ...

single line 1873 * Coimbatore–Nanjundapuram-Vellalore-Irugur line single line 1873

Suburban stations

The other stations serving

include (CBF), (PTJ), (IGU), (MDKI), (PLMD), (SHI), (SUU), (PKM), (TDE) and Somanur (SNO).

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 ...

- 0.5 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 complet ...

- 10.1 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 w ...

- 2.3 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 t ...

- 7.9 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 b ...

- 1.0 km *

Podanur Junction Podanur Junction(station code: PTJ) is a railway station in Podanur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India History It was the first railway station in the Coimbatore district, Kongu Region or Western Region, which opened in 1862 and third oldest ra ...

- 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-bus ...

- 12.4 km.

References

External links

* {{Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways Salem Railway stations in Coimbatore Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Indian Railway A1 Category Stations