Coimbatore Junction railway station


Coimbatore Junction, also known as Coimbatore Main Junction, is the primary railway station serving Coimbatore city.

History

Train service in Coimbatore started in 1861, upon the construction of the Podanur – Madras line connecting Kerala and the west coast with the rest of India. Coimbatore lies on the Coimbatore – Shoranur Broad gauge railway line. 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 Olavakkod railway division. In 1980, Olavakkod division was renamed Palakkad railway division. It comprised Kerala and western districts of Tamilnadu. Protests arose in Tamilnadu to form new railway division with Coimbatore as its headquarters. Ultimately, 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 Indian Railways. The major railway station is the Coimbatore Junction which is the third-largest income generating station in the Southern Railway zone, after Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station and Chennai Egmore railway station. Coimbatore is one among the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways. Other major railway stations catering to the city include Coimbatore North Junction, Podanur Junction and minor stations at Peelamedu, Singanallur, Irugur Junction, Perianaikanpalayam, Thudiyalur, Madukkarai, 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 45% of the revenues of the zone. It is one of the top booking stations in India according to Indian Railways. Chennai Egmore, Madurai Junction, Coimbatore Junction and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station are the most profitable stations of Southern Railways.

Lines

The station is a junction formed by the following 4 lines:
The other stations serving Coimbatore include , , , , peelamedu, Singanallur, Sulur, Perianaikanpalayam, Thudiyalur and Somanur.