Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station

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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
Express train and Passenger train station
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Name board at train station
LocationOttantham-Maniyachchi Road, Maniyachchi, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates8°52′52″N 77°53′29″E / 8.8811°N 77.8913°E / 8.8811; 77.8913
Elevation70 metres (230 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Platforms4
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingYes
Disabled accessDisabled access
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeMEJ
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Madurai
Fare zoneIndian Railways
ElectrifiedYES
Location
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction is located in India
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
Location within India
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction is located in Tamil Nadu
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction (Tamil Nadu)

Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station is a junction railway station in Maniyachchi of Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] Services from north of the station pass through the station to proceed southwards to Tirunelveli and eastwards to Thoothukudi, as these branchings make the station, a junction.

History[edit]

The station is named after the Tamil freedom fighter Vanchinathan and was the site[2] of assassination of the British Collector, Robert Ashe. Today the station is a significant station in the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway Zone, one of the six divisions established within the Southern Railway zone others being Chennai, Tiruchchirappalli, Salem, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram.

Location and Layout[edit]

Sunset at Vanchi Maniyachi Junction

The station is located on the Ottantham-Maniyachchi Road at a distance of 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Thoothukudi its district headquarters.

Lines[edit]

The station has 3 intersecting lines:

Traffic[edit]

Being the junction at which the line bifurcates to the port city of Thoothukudi, the station has a fair share of train stoppage. All the passenger trains, most express trains and a few longer distance superfast trains stop here.

References[edit]

  1. "Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. "Centenary of a historical assassination today". Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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