Erode Junction railway station

Erode Junction
Railway Station
Erode Junction Railway Station
Location	Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	11°21′00″N 77°44′00″E / 11.35000°N 77.73333°E / 11.35000; 77.73333Coordinates: 11°21′00″N 77°44′00″E / 11.35000°N 77.73333°E / 11.35000; 77.73333
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Jolarpettai–Shoranur line
Platforms	4
Tracks	12
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Other information
Station code	ED
Fare zone	Southern Railway zone
History
Opened	1947
Electrified	Yes

Erode Junction Railway Station (Station Code: ED) is the main railway station serving the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu. Erode Junction is one of the major railway stations in Southern Railway and is located at just km from Erode Central Bus Terminus. There is an ISO certified diesel locomotive shed and an electric locomotive shed attached with Erode Junction. Erode Junction also had the distinction of being the third cleanest railway junction in India. It is one of the most important and busiest Railway Station in Tamil Nadu. Has a direct continuous water supply from River Cauvery. More than 100 trains halt here for a day.

Lines from Erode Junction

Line No.	Towards	Passing through Station	Type / Track
1	Coimbatore	Tiruppur	Broad, Electrified - Double Track
2	Salem	Sankari	Broad, Electrified - Double Track
3	Karur	Kodumudi	Broad, Single Track

History

The station was established in 1947 and was connected by the first electrified broad gauge link from Chennai Central.

Facilities

The station has 4 platforms for handling passenger trains. The station serves as the hub for water filling facilities, food provision and toilet cleaning to long distance trains. The station has police station, bookshops, restaurants, accommodation facilities, ATMs, toilets and drinking water facility. There are passenger operated inquiry terminals and touch-screen kiosks. The station has split-flap timing boards, electronic display boards and plasma TVs that mention train timings and platform numbers. There is a stand-alone passenger reservation center that functions adjacent to the station.

WAP-4 loco belonging to Electric Loco Shed, Erode

Locomotive Sheds

Erode Junction loco shed is one among the very few stations in India which houses both diesel and electrical locomotives. Erode loco shed currently houses 338 electric and diesel locomotives,^[1] making it one of the largest loco sheds operated by Indian Railways. The ISO certified electric locomotive shed houses 108 WAP-4 locomotives in addition to the WAG-7 electric locomotives. The diesel loco shed set up in 1962, houses over 120 WDM-2 and WDM-3A diesel locomotives. The trains passing through Erode junction often have a long technical halt in order to carry out engine swapping and maintenance checks.

Trains originating

Train No.^[2]	Name	Type	Destination	Via
16669/70	Yercaud Express	Express	Chennai Central	Salem
56100/01	Mettur Dam Passenger	Passenger	Mettur Dam	Salem
56841/42	Tiruchirapalli Passenger	Passenger	Tiruchirapalli	Karur
56843/44	Tiruchirapalli Passenger	Passenger	Tiruchirapalli	Karur
56839/40	Jolarpettai Passenger	Passenger	Jolarpettai	Salem
56845/46	Jolarpettai Passenger	Passenger	Jolarpettai	Salem
56825/26	Tirunelveli Passenger	Passenger	Tirunelveli	Madurai
66600/01	Coimbatore MEMU	MEMU	Coimbatore	Tirupur
66608/09	Palghat Town MEMU	MEMU	Palghat Town	Coimbatore

Trains halting

Erode junction handles 58 daily and 107 non daily passing trains.^[3] The following are the trains passing through the station:

S No.	Train No.	Train Name	Type
1	16235	Mysuru Express	Mail & Express
2	12684	Ernakulam SF Express	Super Fast
3	22608	Ernakulam SF Express	Super Fast
4	12674	Cheran Express	Super Fast
5	17606	Kacheguda Mangaluru Express	Mail & Express
6	12689	Nagercoil Express	Super Fast
7	17615	Kacheguda Madurai Express	Mail & Express
8	16525	Bengaluru Express	Mail & Express
9	604	Coimbatore Chennai Central Premium Express	Premium
10	12643	Nizamuddin Express	Super Fast
11	12645	Nizamuddin Express	Super Fast
12	12682	Chennai Express	Super Fast
13	16614	Rajkot Express	Mail & Express
14	16232	Mailaduthurai Express	Mail & Express
15	12623	Thiruvananthapuram Mail	Super Fast
16	16528	Yesvantpur Express	Mail & Express
17	12624	Chennai Mail	Super Fast
18	16526	Kanyakumari Express	Mail & Express
19	12686	Chennai Express	Super Fast
20	16527	Yesvantpur Cannanore Express	Mail & Express
21	16616	Chemmozhi Express	Mail & Express
22	16787	Tirunelveli Jammu Tawi Express	Mail & Express
23	12601	Mangaluru Mail	Super Fast
24	22639	Alleppey Express	Super Fast
25	16856	Puducherry Express	Mail & Express
26	16858	Puducherry Express	Mail & Express
27	12257	Kochuveli Garib Rath Express	Garib Rath
28	16615	Chemmozhi Express	Mail & Express
29	16316	Bengaluru Express	Mail & Express
30	12671	Nilgiri Express	Super Fast
31	22687	Sahranpur Chandigarh Link Express	Slip
32	12687	Dehradun Express	Super Fast
33	12687	Dehradun Express	Slip
34	16317	Himsagar Express	Mail & Express
35	16687	Navyug Express	Mail & Express
36	12507	Guwahati Express	Super Fast
37	22641	Shalimar Express	Super Fast
38	12258	Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express	Garib Rath
39	12659	Gurudev Express	Super Fast
40	16236	Thoothukudi Express	Mail & Express
41	12626	Kerala Express	Super Fast
42	12696	Thiruvananthapuram Chennai Central Express	Super Fast
43	12673	Cheran Express	Super Fast
44	11021	Tirunelveli Express	Mail & Express
45	16617	Coimbatore Express	Mail & Express
46	6032	Coimbatore Express	Special
47	12681	Coimbatore Express	Super Fast
48	18567	Visakhapatnam-Kollam Express	Mail & Express
49	11013	Coimbatore Express	Mail & Express
50	16188	Tea Garden Express	Mail & Express
51	16609	Coimbatore Express	Mail & Express
52	16611	Thoothukudi Coimbatore Link Express	Link
53	16733	Rameswaram Okha Express	Mail & Express
54	16359	Ernakulam Patna Express	Mail & Express
55	17315	Velankanni Express	Mail & Express
56	6543	Yesvantpur Coimbatore Express	Special
57	16566	Yesvantpur Express	Mail & Express
58	17605	Mangaluru Kacheguda Express	Mail & Express
59	12690	Nagercoil Chennai Express	Super Fast
60	12698	Thiruvananthapuram Chennai Central Express	Super Fast
61	12511	Raptisagar Express	Super Fast
62	12521	Raptisagar Express	Super Fast
63	22647	Korba Thiruvananthapuram Express	Super Fast
64	22645	Ahilyanagari Express	Super Fast
65	19567	Vivek Express	Mail & Express
66	18568	Kollam Visakhapatnam Express	Mail & Express
67	17316	Visakhapatnam Link Express	Mail & Express
68	17230	Sabari Express	Mail & Express
69	12648	Kongu Express	Super Fast
70	16565	Mangaluru Express	Mail & Express
71	22616	Tirupati Intercity Express	Intercity Express
72	12680	Chennai Express	Intercity Express
73	16318	Himsagar Express	Slip
74	16318	Himsagar Express	Mail & Express
75	22638	West Coast Express	Super Fast
76	16859	Chennai Egmore Mangaluru Express	Mail & Express
77	12084	Jan Shatabdi Express	Jan Shatabdi
78	22852	Vivek Express	Super Fast
79	12688	Dehradun Madurai Express	Super Fast
80	22688	Chandigarh Madurai SF Express	Link
81	12660	Gurudev Express	Super Fast
82	56320	Coimbatore Nagercoil Passenger	Passenger
83	22642	Shalimar Express	Super Fast
84	22644	Ernakulam Patna Express	Super Fast
85	56848	Palghat Town Passenger	Passenger
86	11014	Kurla Express	Mail & Express
87	13351	Dhanbad Alappuzha Express	Mail & Express
88	18189	Tata Alappuzha Express	Mail & Express
89	12969	Coimbatore Jaipur Express	Super Fast
90	15905	Dibrugarh Vivek Express	Mail & Express
91	12508	Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express	Super Fast
92	12516	Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express	Super Fast
93	12677	Ernakulam Express	Intercity Express
94	66602	Coimbatore Salem MEMU	MEMU
95	12675	Kovai Express	Intercity Express
96	12243	Shatabdi Express	Shatabdi
97	16734	Rameswaram Express	Mail & Express
98	16688	Navyug Express	Slip
99	16688	Navyug Express	Mail & Express
100	22630	Tirunelveli Dehradun Express	Super Fast
101	13352	Dhanbad Express	Mail & Express
102	18190	Alleppey Link Express	Link
103	12678	Bengaluru Express	Intercity Express
104	66603	Salem Coimbatore MEMU	MEMU
105	16332	Mumbai Express	Mail & Express
106	22816	Ernakulam Bilaspur Express	Super Fast
107	22620	Tirunelveli Bilaspur Express	Super Fast
108	16340	Mumbai Express	Mail & Express
109	22815	Ernakulam Bilaspur Express	Super Fast
110	22619	Tirunelveli Bilaspur Express	Super Fast
111	12970	Jaipur Coimbatore Express	Super Fast
112	56847	Tiruchirapalli Palghat Town Passenger	Passenger
113	12676	Kovai Express	Intercity Express
114	12647	Kongu Express	Super Fast
115	16360	Patna Ernakulam Express	Mail & Express
116	12244	Shatabdi Express	Shatabdi
117	16331	Thiruvananthapuram Express	Mail & Express
118	16339	Nagarcoil Express	Mail & Express
119	12512	Raptisagar Express	Super Fast
120	12522	Raptisagar Express	Super Fast
121	22646	Ahilyanagari Express	Super Fast
122	22648	Korba Express	Super Fast
123	22637	West Coast Express	Super Fast
124	16860	Mangaluru Chennai Express	Mail & Express
125	56319	Nagercoil Coimbatore Passenger	Passenger
126	17229	Sabari Express	Mail & Express
127	17616	Kacheguda Express	Mail & Express
128	12083	Jan shatabdi Super Fast Express	Jan Shatabdi SF Exp
129	16382	Cape Mumbai Express	Mail & Express
130	12679	Coimbatore Express	Intercity Express
131	15906	Vivek Express	Mail & Express
132	22615	Tirupati Coimbatore Intercity Express	Intercity Express
133	12697	Mangalur Express	Super Fast
134	12777	Kochuveli Express	Super Fast
135	16561	Kochuveli AC Express	Mail & Express
136	6544	Yesvantpur Express	Special
137	22629	Dadar Tirunelveli Express	Super Fast
138	16618	Rameswaram Express	Mail & Express
139	12695	Mangalur Express	Super Fast
140	11022	Chalukya Express	Mail & Express
141	12625	Kerala Express	Super Fast
142	16610	Nagercoil Express	Mail & Express
143	16612	Coimbatore Thoothukudi Link Express	Link
144	16381	Kanyakumari Express	Mail & Express
145	6336	Guwahati Express	Special
146	16315	Kochuveli Express	Mail & Express
147	12672	Nilgiri Express	Super Fast
148	12683	Bengaluru SF Express	Super Fast
149	12685	Mangaluru Express	Super Fast
150	12778	Hubli Express	Super Fast
151	22607	Bengaluru SF Express	Super Fast
152	16562	Kochuveli Yesvanthpur AC Express	Mail & Express
153	16187	Ernakulam Express	Mail & Express
154	12515	Guwahati Express	Super Fast
155	12644	Swarna Jayanti Express	Super Fast
156	12646	Millenum Express	Super Fast
157	22851	Mangaluru Central Vivek Express	Super Fast
158	16855	Mangaluru Express	Mail & Express
159	22643	Patna Express	Super Fast
160	12602	Chennai Mail	Super Fast
161	16231	Mysuru Express	Mail & Express
162	16857	Mangaluru Express	Mail & Express
163	16613	Coimbatore Express	Mail & Express
164	22640	Chennai Express	Super Fast
165	19568	Vivek Express	Mail & Express

New Line

Name Of The Project Year2008-09

Erode-Palani Via Dharapuram,Kangayam

Length in Km 91.05

References

↑ "Loco list". IRFCA. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
↑ "Trains from Erode Junction". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
↑ "Trains passing through Erode Junction". erail.in. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

External links

Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

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Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".

Railway stations in Tamil Nadu

SWR

Bengaluru	Dharmapuri Hosur Palakkodu Rayakottai

Chennai	Arakkonam Junction Chengalpattu Junction Chennai Jolarpettai Junction Kanchipuram Katpadi Junction Maduranthakam Tindivanam

Madurai	Aruppukkottai Bodinayakkanur Dindigul Junction Karaikkudi Junction Kizha Ambur Madurai Manamadurai Junction Palani Pattukkottai Pudukkottai Rajapalayam Ramanathapuram Rameswaram Sengottai Tenkasi Junction Thoothukudi Tiruchendur Tirunelveli Junction Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction Virudhunagar Junction

Palakkad	Madukkarai Pollachi Junction

Salem	Coimbatore Erode Junction Karur Junction Kaveri Mallur Mettupalayam Mohanur Namakkal Omalur Junction Rasipuram Salem Junction Salem Town Tiruppattur Tiruppur Vangal

Thiruvananthapuram	Eraniel Kanyakumari Kulitthurai Nagercoil Junction Nagercoil Town Suchindram Viranialur

Tiruchirappalli	Aranthangi Ariyalur Chidambaram Cuddalore Port Junction Kumbakonam Mannargudi Mayiladuthurai Junction Nagapattinam Junction Nidamangalam Junction Panruti Peralam Junction Peravurani Sirkazhi Thanjavur Junction Thirupadiripuliyur Thiruthuraipoondi Junction Thiruvarur Junction Tiruchirappalli Ulundurpet Vellore Cantonment Velankanni Viluppuram Junction Virudhachalam Junction

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