Perundurai railway station (station code: PY) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in

Salem railway division Salem division is one of the six divisions of Southern Railway zone. Its headquarters is at Salem, Tamil Nadu. History Salem Railway Division is the newest division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It was carved out of the ...

of Southern Railway zone. It is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

near Perundurai in Erode of

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Location

It falls between Erode Junction railway station and

Coimbatore Junction railway station Coimbatore Junction railway station, also known as Kovai Junction railway station (station code: CBE), is the primary railway station serving Coimbatore city. History Train service in Coimbatore with construction of the Old_Coimbatore Railwa ...

in the Jolarpettai–Shoranur line under

. It is located from Erode Junction. All the eight passenger trains running between Erode Junction and Coimbatore Junction will have a stop at here.

Future developments

The station is expected to be developed under Corporate Social Responsibility scheme with the help from Commercial establishments and Educational Institutions of this region. There are proposals that dates back to pre-Independence for laying a new line through Perundurai connecting and via Dharapuram, Kangeyam, Chennimalai,

Erode Junction Erode Junction railway station (Station Code: ED) is the main railway junction serving the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu. Erode Junction is one of the major railway Junction in Southern Railway and is located 3 km away from Erode Central Bus T ...

, Gobichettipalayam and Sathyamangalam. Several changes have been made to theses proposal in due time. And a new survey done for Erode–Palani line in 2007 and the proposed new line from Erode Junction will run parallel to the existing Jolarpettai–Shoranur line and it will branch-off towards Palani after Perundurai. As an alternate for Erode-Chamarajanagar railway line, which faces many obstacles from Environmental clearance due to

Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve is a protected area and tiger reserve in the Eastern Ghats in the Erode District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a tiger population of 83 individuals and a leopard population of 111 individuals according ...

, changes made and survey completed for Erode-Sathyamangalam section alone in 2007. * Also, the Perundurai SIPCOT industrial association is requesting to construct a new spur line connecting Perundurai railway station with the SIPCOT Industrial Complex for easy transport of goods commodities. * As a part of the Comprehensive Mobility Plan developed for Erode Local Planning Area, the Erode district administration has proposed to shift the Goods terminal at Erode Junction to the city outskirts near Perundurai railway station.

References

Railway stations in Erode district Transport in Erode Salem railway division {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub