Peralam Junction railway station is a railway junction station serving the town of

Peralam Peralam is a panchayat town in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given populat ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

, India.

Background

The railway station became functional when the Peralam–Karaikal line was opened by Great South Indian Railway (which was later merged with

South Indian Railway Company The South Indian Railway Company operated a number of gauge lines in South India from 1874 to 1951. History The Great Southern of India Railway Company was established with its headquarters in England in 1853. The Carnatic Railway Company was ...

) on 14 March 1898. The nearest bus services were available at

town itself while the nearest airport is situated away at

Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with be ...

and the nearest port is Karaikal Port.

Lines

Three lines emerges from this junction station, of which one line proceeds north towards , the other line proceeds east and enters immediately into the

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heading for and the other one proceeds southwards to .

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