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Velankanni railway station

Coordinates: 10°41′13″N 79°50′38″E / 10.6869°N 79.8440°E / 10.6869; 79.8440
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Velankanni

வேளாங்கண்ணி
Regional rail and Light rail station
station board
General information
LocationRailway Station, Velankanni, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates10°41′13″N 79°50′38″E / 10.6869°N 79.8440°E / 10.6869; 79.8440
Elevation2 metres (6 ft 7 in)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Nagapattinam-Karaikal line
Platforms3
Tracks5
ConnectionsBus stand, taxicab stand, auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingYes
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeVLNK
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) TiruchirappalliTooltip Tiruchirappalli railway division
History
Opened2010; 14 years ago (2010)
ElectrifiedNo
Route map
Legend
km
UpperRight arrow to Mayiladuthurai Junction
LowerLeft arrow to Thiruvarur Junction
0
 Peralam Junction
Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
8
 Ambagarathur
13
 Pathakudy
16
 Thirunallar
20
 Karikovilpathu
23
 Karaikal
28
 Tirumalairayanpattinam
Puducherry
Tamil Nadu
34
 Nagore
39
 Vellipalayam
43
 Nagapattinam Junction
Left arrow to Thiruvarur Junction
53
 Velankanni
Pappakoil proposed
Sembiya Mahadevi proposed
Palakkurichi proposed
Thirukkuvalai proposed
Ettukudi proposed
UpperLeft arrow to Thiruvarur Junction
85
 Tiruturaipundi Junction
Right arrow to Point Calimere
Down arrow to Pattukkottai

Velankanni railway station is a terminal station in Velankanni town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Jurisdiction

It belongs to the Tiruchirappalli railway division of the Southern Railway zone in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu. The station code is VLNK.[1]

About

It lies at the end of a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long Nagapattinam - Velankanni broad gauge line. The foundation stone of the line was laid in 1999 and it was completed in 2010 at a cost of ₹48 crore (US$5.8 million).[2] The station belongs to the Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.

Special trains

Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways announces special trains to Velankanni in view of the annual festival at Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Health[3][4]

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See also

References

  1. ^ "System Map - Tiruchchirapalli Division" (PDF). Southern Railway zone. Indian Railways. p. 1. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Nagapattinam-Velankanni BG line completed". The Hindu. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Velankanni festival: Southern Railway to run special trains - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Special trains to Velankanni". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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