Narikkudi Railway station
Narikkudi railway station is located in Narikkudi, Tamil Nadu connecting Manamadurai and Virudhunagar. It is administered under Madurai railway division.[1] A new railway line from Manamadurai Junction–Virudhunagar Junction Via Aruppukkottai was proposed in the Third Five Year plan, which was supposed to ease the pressure on the existing Manamadurai Junction–Madurai Junction and Madurai Junction–Virudhunagar Junction sections.[2] On 1 September 1963, the 22.66 kilometres (14.08 mi) Virudhunagar Junction – Aruppukkottai section was opened,[3] along with Aruppukkottai railway station in the same year by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Kamaraj.[4] And on 2 May 1964, the rest of 43.89 kilometres (27.27 mi) Aruppukkottai – Manamadurai Junction section along with Narikkudi railway station opened for traffic.[5] Opened with meter gauge tracks, the 67 kilometres (42 mi) This station catering immensely the passengers of the region and Tuticorin for traffic of goods.[6]
Narikkudi | |||||
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| Express train , commuter rail and Passenger train station | |||||
 The Main Building of the Station | |||||
| Location | Narikkudi, Tamil Nadu India | ||||
| Coordinates | 9°35′34″N 78°18′02″E / 9.592780456269896°N 78.30049956626021°E | ||||
| Elevation | 72 metres (236 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railway | ||||
| Operated by | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Line(s) | Manamadurai–Virudhunagar line | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | NKK | ||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Madurai | ||||
| Fare zone | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1964 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 2013 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
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| Location | |||||
  Narikkudi Railway station Location within Tamil Nadu | |||||
Current SituationEdit
Depatures form Narikkudi[7]
After reopening there is an only one passenger train that runs six days of a week between Karaikudi - Virudhunagar.
before corona 2020 Silambu Express stopped here. after corona stopping removed by railway. people of Narikkudi demand again silambu express stop should be given
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Madurai Division Map" (PDF). www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in.
- ↑ "Chapter 28: Transport and Communications". Government of India. Planning Commission (India). Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ "Railway Budget 1964–65" (PDF). Indian Railways. Railway Board. p. 4 (208). Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ↑ "Ministers flayed for inaction on railway station issue". The Hindu. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ R. P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History Time line". Irse.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ "Trains to chug out soon on Virudhunagar – Manamadurai broad gauge section". The Times of India. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ↑ "Departures from Narikkudi".
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