Pollachi Junction (station code: POY) is a historical railway junction serving the town of

Pollachi, Tamil Nadu 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 ...

. This station is a part of the

Palakkad railway division Palakkad railway division (formerly Olavakkod railway division) is one of the six administrative divisions of the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at city of Palakkad, Kerala. It is the smallest railway division i ...

of Southern Railway Zone. After the division of Madurai division into 2, namely Salem division. It is being a part of PGT railway division.

History

Pollachi Junction was first used as a train station for trade in the 1850s. After 1900, it was used as a station for passengers. The first service started in 1915 from Pollachi to Podanur line as metre-gauge section. In 2008, the station was closed for the gauge conversion of the Dindigul–Podanur. On 25 November 2014, CRS successfully completed a speed trial and inspection along the Pollachi–Palani broad-gauge line. After seven years of construction, Pollachi Junction–Palani broad-gauge line was opened for commercial use on 9 January 2015. The old metre-gauge track on the stretch was in use for 110 years, from 1898 until it was closed in 2008 for the conversion. On 6 October 2015, CRS successfully completed a speed trial and Inspection on the Palakkad Town–Pollachi Junction broad-gauge line. The distance of 54 km was covered in 38 minutes by CRS Special Train. The line was opened for commercial use on 16 November 2015. On 24 March 2017, CRS successfully completed a speed trial and inspection along the Podanur–Pollachi broad-gauge line. Electrification between Pollachi(incl) Jn and Podanur Jn(excl) has been successfully completed and speed trial conducted on 20 September 2021 successfully and The Commissioner of Railway Safety approved the line for Passenger Traffic. Electrification between Pollachi Jn(excl) and Palghat Town(excl) is in progress. Electrification between Pollachi Jn(excl) and Dindigul Jn(excl) via Palani(incl) is in progress.

Lines

The station is a junction formed by the intersection of three single lines: *

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 ...

via Udumalapettai, Palani and Oddanchatram. *

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. Coimbato ...

via Kinathukadavu, Chettipalayam, and podanur. * via Meenachipuram, Muthalamada, Kollengode, Pudunagaram, and Palakkad Town station.

Services

Two express trains run from the Pollachi Junction connecting the state capitals of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

and Kerala, namely

Palani Express The 22651/22652 MGR Chennai Central - Palakkad Superfast Express is a daily express train between MGR Chennai Central (MAS) and Palakkad Junction railway station (PGT) by Southern Railways via Palani. This is the only train that connects Pala ...

and Amrita express respectively, operating as regular trains since November 2017. # 16371 - Tiruchendur Exp. (Unreserved) via Palakkad, Pollachi, Palani, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Kovilpatti, Tirunelveli. Arrived: 6:30 A.M. Departure: 6:40 A.M.

References

External links

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Railway stations in Coimbatore district Palakkad railway division Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Palakkad–Pollachi line {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub