Palani railway station is a single-electric lined train station serving

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's pilgrim town of

Palani Palani ( or ''Palni'' as in British records, is a town and a taluk headquarters in Dindigul district of the western part of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is located about south-east of Coimbatore and north-west of Madurai, from Kodaik ...

situated in the western part of the state. The station is a part of the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone and falls on the

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 jag ...

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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 ...

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Electrification

From

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till this station, this line has been converted from single-diesel line to single-electric line. These include stations like Palakkad Town, Minatchipuram, Pollachi Jn, Udumalaipettai and Palani. On 13 September 2022, Palani – Dindigul Junction CRS inspection was conducted and soon this stretch consisting of these stations, Chattrapatti, Oddanchatram and Akkaraipatti will be converted from single-diesel Line to single-electric line, respectively.

Trains

The train services running currently through Palani Railway Station are as follows:-

Superfast Trains

* 22651 - MGR Chennai Central (MAS) to Palakkad Junction (PGT) * 22652 - Palakkad Junction (PGT) to MGR Chennai Central (MAS)

Mail/Express Trains

* 06029 - Mettupalayam (MTP) to Tirunelveli Jn (TEN) via Tenkasi Jn (TSI) * 06030 - Tirunelveli Jn (TEN) to Mettupalayam (MTP) via Tenkasi Jn (TSI) * 16343 - Amritha Express (Trivandrum Jn (TVC) to Madurai Jn (MDU)) * 16344 - Amritha Express (Madurai Jn (MDU) to Trivandrum Jn (TVC)) * 16731 - Palakkad Junction (PGT) to Thiruchendur (TCN) * 16732 - Thiruchendur (TCN) to Palakkad Junction (PGT) ** 16731/32 - PGT to TEN pulled by Electric locomotive and from TEN to TCN pulled by Diesel locomotive

Unreserved Trains

* 16722/16721 - Intercity Express - Madurai Jn (MDU) to Coimbatore Junction (CBE) via Palani (PLNI) * 56608 - Palani (PLNI) to Coimbatore Junction (CBE) (passenger) * 56623 - Palani (PLNI) to Madurai (MDU) (passenger) File:Chennai Palakkad SuperFast Express.jpg, 22651/22652 - MGR Chennai Central ↔ Palakkad Junction File:Amritha Express (16343-16344).jpg, 16343/16344 - Thiruvananthapuram Junction ↔ Madurai Junction

Gallery

The timeline of Palani Railway Station from 2008 to 2021:- File:Palani Railway Station (2009).jpg, The old Palani Railway Station File:Palani Railway Station getting a revamped look (2012).jpg, A new revamped look of Palani Railway Station File:Palani Railway Station Entrance with its fresh and new revamped look (2013).jpg, New revamped look of the Entrance at PLNI Railway Station File:Palani Railway Station.jpg, New nameboard of Palani Railway Station File:Palani Railway Station with its fresh and new revamped look (2013).jpg, New revamped look of the Palani Railway Station Platform leading towards Dindigul Jn File:Palani Railway Station Platform.jpg, This station getting electrified and leading towards Pollachi Jn File:Fully Electrified Palani Railway Station (as of May'22).jpg, Fully Electrified Station with

Amritha Express ''Amritha Express'' ( ml, അമൃത എക്സ്പ്രസ്സ്, link=no)( ta, அம்ருதா எக்ஸ்ப்ரஸ், link=no) is an overnight express train operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Rail ...

(16343) leading towards Madurai Jn File:Palani-Coimbatore-Palani Passenger train at Pollachi Jn.jpg,

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

holding the Palani-Coimbatore-Palani Express at Pollachi Jn

References

External links

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