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	'''Arakkonam Junction ~~railway station~~''' (station code: '''AJJ''') is a largest railway station in [[Ranipet district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is one of the oldest railway stations in India, located on the first railway line in South India. It is located on the [[Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section]] of [[Mumbai–Chennai line]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/428/0?t=11&s=0&kkk=1371297586278\|title=Arakkonam railway station}}</ref>		'''Arakkonam Junction Railway Station''' (station code: '''AJJ''') is a largest railway station in [[Ranipet district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is one of the oldest railway stations in India, located on the first railway line in South India. It is located on the [[Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section]] of [[Mumbai–Chennai line]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/428/0?t=11&s=0&kkk=1371297586278\|title=Arakkonam railway station}}</ref>
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Arakkonam Junction
| native_name = அரக்கோணம் சந்திப்பு
| image = Arakkonam Junction.JPG
| type = Railway station
| style = Indian Railways
| address = [[Arakkonam]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|13.08191|79.66845|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Mumbai–Chennai line]] <br/>[[Chennai Central–Bangalore City line]] <br/>[[Arakkonam Junction–Chengalpattu branch line]] <br/>[[Arakkonam Junction–Renigunta branch line]]
| structure =
| platform = 8
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 12
| parking = available
| bicycle = available
| electrified = yes
| code = AJJ
| owned = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]], [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers =
| services =
{{Adjacent stations
|system = Indian Railways
|line1 = Bangalore–Chennai |left1 = Katpadi Junction |right1 = Perambur
}}
| map_type = Tamil Nadu#India
| map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India
}}

'''Arakkonam Junction railway station''' (station code: '''AJJ''') is a largest railway station in [[Ranipet district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is one of the oldest railway stations in India, located on the first railway line in South India. It is located on the [[Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section]] of [[Mumbai–Chennai line]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/428/0?t=11&s=0&kkk=1371297586278|title=Arakkonam railway station}}</ref>
[[File:Arakkonam Junction1.JPG|thumb]]

==Lines from Arakkonam Junction==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Towards
!Passing through station
!Type / Track
|-
|{{stnlnk|Katpadi Junction}}
|Arakkonam Junction
|Broad gauge, electrified – double track
|-
|[[Renigunta Junction railway station|Renigunta Junction]]
|Arakkonam Junction
|Broad gauge, electrified – double track
|-
|[[Chennai Central railway station|M.G.R Chennai Central]]
|Arakkonam Junction
|Broad gauge, electrified – quadruple track
|-
|Chengalpattu Junction
|Arakkonam Junction
|Broad gauge, electrified – single track
|}

== Routes having quadruple tracks ==

* The [[South Line, Chennai Suburban]] between {{stnlnk|Chennai Beach}} and {{stnlnk|Tambaram}}
* The [[West Line, Chennai Suburban]] between {{stnlnk|Chennai Central}} and Arakkonam Junction}

==Services==
[[File:WAG 7 Arakkonam Loco Shed.jpg|thumb|ELS AJJ WAG-7]]

=== Originating trains ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Train no.
!Name
!Type
!Destination
|-
|56121 / 56122
|Arakkonam Junction–Jolarpettai Passenger
|Passenger
|Jolarpettai Junction
|-
|16085 / 16086
|Arakkonam Junction–Jolarpattai Junction MEMU Express
|Express
|{{stnlnk|Jolarpettai Junction}}
|-
|66057 / 66058
|Arakkonam Junction–Katpadi Junction MEMU Passenger
|Passenger
|Katpadi Junction
|-
|66059 / 66060
|Arakkonam Junction–Vellore Cantonment MEMU Passenger
|Passenger
|Vellore Cant.
|-
|56011 / 56012
|Arakkonam Junction–Cuddapah Passenger
|Passenger
|Cuddapah
|-
||66063 / 66064
|Arakkonam Junction–Vellore Cantonment MEMU Passenger
|Passenger
| rws |Vellore Cant.
|-
|66019 / 66020
|Arakkonam Junction–Salem Junction MEMU Passenger
|Passenger
|Salem Junction
|-
|56001 / 56002
|Arakkonam Junction–M.G.R Chennai Central Fast Passenger
|Passenger
|M.G.R Chennai Central
|-
|66039 / 66040
|Arakkonam Junction–Tirupati MEMU Passenger
|Passenger
|Tirupati
|-
|66049 / 66050
|Arakkonam Junction–Tirupati MEMU Passenger
|Passenger
|Tirupati
|-
|}

=== Passing trains ===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Train no.
!Name
!Destination
|-
|15228 / 15227
|Muzaffarpur–Yesvantpur Superfast Express
|Yesvantpur Junction
|-
|12510 / 12509
|Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
|Bangalore Cant.
|-
|22625 / 22626
|M.G.R Chennai Central–KSR Bengaluru AC Double Decker Superfast Express
|Bangalore City
|-
|12639 / 12040
|M.G.R Chennai Central–KSR Bengaluru Brindavan Superfast Express
|Bangalore City
|-
|22601 / 22602
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Shirdi Superfast Express
|Srinagar
|-
|12609 / 12610
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Mysuru Superfast Express
|Mysuru Junction
|-
|12296 / 12295
|Danapur–KSR Bengaluru Sangamitra Superfast Express
|Bangalore City
|-
|12577 / 12578
|Darbhanga–Mysuru Bagmati Superfast Express
|Mysuru Junction
|-
|22351 / 22352
|Pataliputra–Yesvantpur Superfast Express
|Yesvantpur Junction
|-
|17311 / 17312
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Vasco da Gama Weekly Express
|Goa
|-
|22698 / 22697
|M.G.R Chennai Central– Hubballi Weekly Superfast Express
|Hubballi Junction Sunday
|-
|17314 / 17313
|M.G.R Chennai Central– Hubballi Bi-Weekly Express
|Hubballi Junction
|-
|12607 / 12608
|M.G.R Chennai Central–KSR Bengaluru Lalbagh Superfast Express
|Bangalore City
|-
|16089 / 16090
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Jolarpettai Junction Yelagiri Express
|Jolarpettai Junction
|-
|16021 / 16022
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Mysuru Kaveri Express
|Mysuru Junction
|-Ksr Bangalore City
|12657 / 12658
|M.G.R Chennai Central–KSR Bengaluru Superfast Mail
|Bangalore City
|-
|22682 / 22681
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Mysuru Junction Superfast Express
|Mysuru Junction
|-Friday
|12292 / 12291
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Yesvantpur Junction Superfast Express
|Yesvantpur Junction
|-Runs on Sunday
|12691 / 12692
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Sri Satyasai Prasanti Nilayam Superfast Express
|SSPN runs on Saturday
|-
|11018 / 11017
|Karaikal–Lokamanya Tilak Weekly Express
|Mumbai LTT
|-
|22157 / 22158
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Mumbai CSMT Superfast Express
|[[Mumbai]] CST
|-
|11044 / 11043
|Madurai–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
|Mumbai LTT
|-
|16057 / 16058
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Tirupati Saptagiri Express
|Tirupati
|-
|16003 / 16004
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Nagarsol Express
|Nagarsol
|-
|22159 / 22160
|MS ) Chennai Egmore–Mumbai CSMT Superfast Mail
|Mumbai CST
|-
|16053 / 16054
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Tirupati Express
|Tirupati
|-
|12163 / 12164
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Lokamanya Tilak Superfast Express
|Mumbai LTT
|-
|16203 / 16204
|M.G.R Chennai Central– Tirupati Garudatri Express
|Tirupati
|-
|17651 / 17652
|Chengalpattu Junction–Kacheguda Express
|Kacheguda
|-
|16352 / 16351
|Nagercoil Junction–Mumbai CST Balaji Express
|Mumbai CST
|-
|19419 / 19420
|M.G.R Chennai Central-Ahmedabad Express
|Ahmedabad Junction
|-
|12675 / 12676
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Coimbatore Kovai Superfast Express
|{{stnlnk|Coimbatore Junction}}
|-
|22637 / 22638
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Mangaluru Central West Coast Superfast Express
|Mangalore Central
|-
|12679 / 12680
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Coimbatore Intercity Superfast Express
|Coimbatore Junction
|-
|12695 / 12696
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Thiruvananthapuram Superfast Express
|Thiruvananthapuram
|-
|12689 / 12690
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Nagercoil Superfast Express
|Nagercoil
|-
|12601 / 12602
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Mangaluru Central Superfast Mail
|Mangalore Central
|-
|22639 / 22640
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Alappuzha Superfast Express
|Alappuzha
|-
|22651 / 22652
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Palakkad Superfast Express
|Palakkad
|-
|12671 / 12672
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Mettupalayam Nilgiri Superfast Express
|Mettupalayam
|-
|12673 / 12674
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Coimbatore Cheran Superfast Express
|Coimbatore Junction
|-
|12681 / 12682
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Coimbatore Superfast Express
|Coimbatore Junction
|-
|22649 / 22650
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Erode Yercaud Superfast Express
|Erode Junction
|-
|13351 / 13352
|Dhanbad / Tata Nagar–Alappuzha Bokaro Express
|Alappuzha
|-
|12688 / 12687
|Dehradun Chandigarh–Madurai Superfast Express
|Madurai Junction
|-
|12508 / 12507
|Silchar–Thiruvanathapuram Superfast Express
|Thiruvananthapuram Central
|-
|12516 / 12615
|Silchar–Thiruvananthapuram Superfast Express
|Thiruvananthapuram Central
|-
|12970 / 12969
|Jaipur–Coimbatore Junction Superfast Express
|Coimbatore Junction
|-
|22160 / --
|Mumbai CSMT–Chennai Egmore Superfast Mail
|Chennai Egmore
|-
|56869 / 56870
|Tirupati–Puducherry Passenger
|Puducherry
|-
|66017 / 66018
|Chennai Beach–Vellore Cantonment MEMU Passenger
|Vellore Cantt.
|-
|66047 / 66048
|M.G.R Chennai Central–Tirupati Fast Passenger MEMU
|Tirupati
|}

==Loco shed==
{{Main|Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam}}
Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s of the [[Southern Railway zone]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Southern Railway, the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Erode|Erode]] (ED) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram|Royapuram]] (RPM) and is the oldest in south India. As of 1 November 2020 there are 184 locomotives in the shed mainly [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]], [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5 HA]] and WAG-9H 184 locos near the station. It is also one of the last sheds to home the hugely successful [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4|WAM-4]] class locomotives.

==See also==
*[[Chennai Suburban Railway]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Vellore district]]
[[Category:Chennai railway division]]

{{TamilNadu-railstation-stub}}

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>Bhu1147 at 03:17, 16 April 2021