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Dindigul Junction
Indian Railways station
Photo 1 → DG Junction Platform heading towards Madurai Junction
Photo 2 → Nameboard of this station
General information
LocationJunction Rd, Dindigul Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates10°21′12″N 77°59′03″E / 10.353469964938924°N 77.98417537164268°E / 10.353469964938924; 77.98417537164268
Elevation287 metre
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Platforms5
ConnectionsBus stand, Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeDG
Zone(s) Southern Railway
Division(s) Madurai
History
ElectrifiedYes
Location
Dindigul Junction is located in Tamil Nadu
Dindigul Junction
Dindigul Junction
Location within Tamil Nadu
Dindigul Junction is located in India
Dindigul Junction
Dindigul Junction
Dindigul Junction (India)

Dindigul Junction railway station (station code: DG) is a junction railway station serving the city of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, India. The station is a part of the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone. It serves as a gateway for Madurai Junction as all train services from Chennai and north towards Madurai Junction pass through the station. It acts as an important junction point and most of the trains halt at Dindigul Junction.and Dindigul junction is the high revenue generating junction under madurai division after trinelveli.most of train rake reversals takes place here

History

Dindigul was major junction point right from metre-gauge era. Metre-gauge routes to Coimbatore Junction railway, Tiruchirappalli Junction and Madurai Junction. In 1990s, the first broad-gauge line was established by Karur and Madurai broad-gauge track.

The line between Madurai and Dindigul was a metre-gauge and broad-gauge parallel lines. After gauge conversion between Chennai Egmore and Madurai, Palani route was the sole metre-gauge section in the entire western Tamil Nadu. Around 2012, Dindigul–Palani section was converted into broad gauge, Chennai Palani Express commenced its service. The Dindigul to Palani railway line was electrified in 2022.[1]

Location and layout

The Dindigul Junction is located on the eastern side of the city adjacent to the city's SIDCO industrial estate. the station going to remodeled soon by southern railways and madurai divsion has announced the DPR tenders on southern railway site .The station bears the intersection of four branching railway lines and the next nearest train stations are:

  • Ambathurai railway station (South)
  • Tamaraipadi railway station (East)
  • Akkaraippatti railway station (West)
  • Eriodu railway station (North)

Madurai Airport is the nearest airport.

Lines

  • BG electrified double line towards Madurai
  • BG electrified double line towards Trichy
  • BG electrified single line towards Karur
  • BG electrified single line towards Pollachi


New Line proposal

Dindigul-Karaikudi new BG line: Reconnaissance Engineering cum Traffic Survey for a new BG line between Karaikudi Junction and Dindigul via Thirupattur and Natham (105.60 km) was conducted and Survey Report was sent to Railway Board on 06.07.2015. This project was shelved by Railway Board.

References

  1. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (13 September 2022). "Inspection of Dindigul - Palani electrified railway line underway". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 September 2022. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)