Thanjavur Junction railway station


Thanjavur Junction is a junction railway station located in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and serves Thanjavur, earlier known as Tanjore.

History

Thanjavur is located on the "main line" of the railway system in the Coromandel coast connecting Chennai with Tiruchirappalli via Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai and Thanjavur junctions.
In 1861 the Great Southern Railway of India built the long wide broad gauge line between Nagapattinam and Tiruchirapalli and the line was opened to traffic next year. It was a new development south of Chennai. After taking over of GSIR by South Indian Railway Company in 1874, the Nagapattinam-Tiruchirapalli line was converted to wide metre gauge in 1875.
The South India Railway Company laid a long metre gauge trunk line from Chennai to Tuticorin via Mayiladuthurai, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur in 1880. The long Tindivanam -Cuddalore Port sector, long Cuddalore Port-Porto Novo sector, long Shyali-Mayiladuthurai sector and long Mayiladuthurai-Thanjavur sector were opened in 1877, thereby connecting Tindivanam to the already opened Tiruchirappalli-Nagapattinam line.
Three rail lines branch for Thanjavur Junction:
  1. Towards north for.
  2. Towards east for.
  3. Towards west for.

    Gauge conversion

The Cuddalore Port-Vadalur sector was converted in 2003. After conversion work of the Thanjavur-Tiruvarur broad gauge section was opened to traffic in 2006 and Tiruvarur-Nagore section in 2010.

Electrification

New electrification survey in 2012-13 had been sanctioned in the Railway budget for the Karaikkal/Karaikkal port-Thiruvarur-Thanjavur-Tiruchirappalli and Nagapattinam-Velankanni sectors.