Viluppuram Junction is a junction railway station located in Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. Being a prominent railway station, it serves as the distribution point of rail traffic from Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, towards the southern parts of the state. It is one of the top 5 junctions of Southern Railways which has earned the status of an A Grade train station in Tamil Nadu
Viluppuram Railway Station covers about 20 acres of a vast area, six platforms alone occupy 44 Meters each. The Railway lines can be easily crossed with the help of two mass structured over bridges. The railway station is located off the East Pondy Road in the Keelperumpakkam neighborhood. The station is located in close proximity of 3 km from the arterial GST Road. Several lanmark places such as the Aringar Anna Science and arts College, the Government Hospital Building, and the TNEB Block are located at close proximity from the station. The Viluppuram Old Bus Stand is situated 2 km from the station and the nearest airport is the Puducherry Airport located at a distance of over 40 km.
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Being a focal point on the Southern Railway Network, the station handles a large number of trains and freight south-bound from Chennai and vice versa. It is one of the most congested stations in terms of both services offered as well as passengers and freight handled. The station has daily trains to major cities like Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Pondicherry, Vellore, Coimbatore, Thoothukudi, Tirupati, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Mangalore, Vijayawada, Thirunelveli, Erode, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Alappuzha, Guntur etc, and also have weekly trains to Mumbai, Howrah, Delhi, Pune, Kharagpur, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal, Allahabad,
Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur.
About Vilupuram :
Viluppuram is a municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district, the largest district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is well connected by both road and rail to all the important cities in Tamil Nadu. The town serves as a major railway junction, and National Highway 45 passes through it. With agriculture as its main source of income, As of Government Of India 2014 Data Viluppuram had a population of 121,198 and the town’s literacy rate has been recorded as 90.16% by Census 2011.
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Viluppuram is named after a class of people known as “Vizhupparaiyar” . One of the famous Tamil poets Jayamkondar wrote a book titled “Karanai Vizhupparaiyan madal” (also known as Aadhinatha Valamadal) on the praise of Aadhinathan Vizhupparaiyan who served as a commander in the army of Kulottunga Chola I. The town came to known after the “Vizhupparaiyan” sect named after him. They are also known as “Vizhupaadharaiyar”. Viluppuram is also affectionately called as “Vizhimaa Nagaram” in Tamil. It means town with wide- eyed people.
Some trains are Originate and passes through Viluppuram Junctin:
16101:Chennai – Rameswaram Express
16179:Mannai Express
11044:Madurai – Lokmanya TT Express
16859:Chennai Egmore – Mangalore Express
16859:Chennai Egmore – Mangalore Express
11064:Salem – Chennai Express
16177:Rock Fort Express
16184:Uzhavan Express
22623:Madurai – Chennai Egmore Express
11063:Chennai Egmore Salem Express
16860:Mangalore – Chennai Egmore Express
16178:Rockfort Express
16175:Nagore Express
16176:Chennai Express
16185:Velankanni Express