Coimbatore Junction railway station

Coimbatore Junction
Train Station

Main Entrance of the Station
Location State Bank Road, Coimbatore, Tamil nadu
Coordinates 10°59′47″N 76°58′02″E / 10.99639°N 76.96722°E / 10.99639; 76.96722
Elevation 411.2 metres (1,349 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Jolarpettai-Coimbatore line, Coimbatore - Shoranur railway line
Platforms 6
Construction
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Functional
Station code CBE
Fare zone Southern Railway zone
Electrified Yes
Location
Coimbatore Junction
Location within Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore–Shoranur line

Legend
km
km
 to Erode 
 18 Irugur Junction

14
Singanallur
7 Podanur Junction
9
Peelamedu
National Highway 209  

000 Coimbatore Main
3
Coimbatore North
17
Periyanayikanpalayam
  State Highway 162
28
Karamadai

36
Mettupalayam

 to Pollachi
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
(narrow gauge)
  National Highway 209
 4 Madukkarai
 9 Ettimadai
  
Tamil Nadu
Kerala

border

 18 Walayar
 22 Chullimada
 29 Kanjikode
 Malampuzha River
 37 Kottekad
 44 Palakkad Junction
  National Highway 213
 to Pollachi
 52 Parli
 60 Mankara
 67 Lakkidi
 71 Palappuram
 75 Ottappalam
 82 Mannanur
 
to Cochin Harbour

 88 Shoranur Junction
to Nilambur
 
to Mangalore

Coimbatore Junction, also known as Coimbatore Main, is the primary railway station serving Coimbatore city. It is one of the major train stations in South India and the second busiest and revenue yielding railway station in Tamil Nadu after Chennai Central.[1] It is one of the A1 graded station in the Southern Railway.[2] This station comes under the jurisdiction of Salem division of Southern Railways and contributes to 45% of the revenues of the zone.[3][4] It is one of the top booking stations in India according to Indian Railways.[5]

Suburban stations

The other stations serving Coimbatore include Coimbatore North Junction (CBF), Podanur Junction (PTJ), Irugur Junction (IGU), Madukkarai (MDKI), Peelamedu (PLMD), Singanallur (SHI), Sulur (SUU), Perianaikanpalayam (PKU) and Somanur (SNO).[6]

Services

Originating Express services

Train No.Train NameDestination
11013/11014Kurla ExpressLokmanya Tilak (T) Mumbai
12083/12084Mayiladuthurai Janshatabdi ExpressMayiladuthurai Junction
12243/12244Chennai Central Shatabdi ExpressChennai Central
12647/12648Kongu ExpressHazrat Nizamuddin
12671/12672Nilgiri ExpressChennai Central
12673/12674Cheran ExpressChennai Central
12675/12676Kovai ExpressChennai Central
12679/12680Chennai Intercity ExpressChennai Central
12681/12682Chennai ExpressChennai Central
12969/12970Jaipur ExpressJaipur
16609/16610Nagercoil ExpressNagercoil
16611/16612Thoothukudi Link ExpressThoothukudi
16613/16614Rajkot ExpressRajkot
16615/16616Chemmozhi ExpressMannargudi
16617/16618Rameswaram ExpressRameswaram
22475/22476Bikaner AC ExpressBikaner
22609/22610Mangaluru Intercity ExpressMangaluru Central
22616/22615Tirupati Intercity ExpressTirupati Main

Passenger services

Passing trains

The following list is non exhaustive.

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "India's biggest and most popular railway stations".
  2. ↑ "‘Facelift for Coimbatore Rly junction soon'". Business Line. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Railways in Coimbatore". raac.co.in. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Coimbatore Junction neglected". The Hindu. 31 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Route KM-Statewise" (PDF). Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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