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 NameType
116235Mysuru ExpressMail & Express
212684Ernakulam SF ExpressSuper Fast
322608Ernakulam SF ExpressSuper Fast
412674Cheran ExpressSuper Fast
517606Kacheguda Mangaluru ExpressMail & Express
612689Nagercoil ExpressSuper Fast
717615Kacheguda Madurai ExpressMail & Express
816525Bengaluru ExpressMail & Express
9604Coimbatore Chennai Central Premium ExpressPremium
1012643Nizamuddin ExpressSuper Fast
1112645Nizamuddin ExpressSuper Fast
1212682Chennai ExpressSuper Fast
1316614Rajkot ExpressMail & Express
1416232Mailaduthurai ExpressMail & Express
1512623Thiruvananthapuram MailSuper Fast
1616528Yesvantpur ExpressMail & Express
1712624Chennai MailSuper Fast
1816526Kanyakumari ExpressMail & Express
1912686Chennai ExpressSuper Fast
2016527Yesvantpur Cannanore ExpressMail & Express
2116616Chemmozhi ExpressMail & Express
2216787Tirunelveli Jammu Tawi ExpressMail & Express
2312601Mangaluru MailSuper Fast
2422639Alleppey ExpressSuper Fast
2516856Puducherry ExpressMail & Express
2616858Puducherry ExpressMail & Express
2712257Kochuveli Garib Rath ExpressGarib Rath
2816615Chemmozhi ExpressMail & Express
2916316Bengaluru ExpressMail & Express
3012671Nilgiri ExpressSuper Fast
3122687Sahranpur Chandigarh Link ExpressSlip
3212687Dehradun ExpressSuper Fast
3312687Dehradun ExpressSlip
3416317Himsagar ExpressMail & Express
3516687Navyug ExpressMail & Express
3612507Guwahati ExpressSuper Fast
3722641Shalimar ExpressSuper Fast
3812258Yesvantpur Garib Rath ExpressGarib Rath
3912659Gurudev ExpressSuper Fast
4016236Thoothukudi ExpressMail & Express
4112626Kerala ExpressSuper Fast
4212696Thiruvananthapuram Chennai Central ExpressSuper Fast
4312673Cheran ExpressSuper Fast
4411021Tirunelveli ExpressMail & Express
4516617Coimbatore ExpressMail & Express
466032Coimbatore ExpressSpecial
4712681Coimbatore ExpressSuper Fast
4818567Visakhapatnam-Kollam ExpressMail & Express
4911013Coimbatore ExpressMail & Express
5016188Tea Garden ExpressMail & Express
5116609Coimbatore ExpressMail & Express
5216611Thoothukudi Coimbatore Link ExpressLink
5316733Rameswaram Okha ExpressMail & Express
5416359Ernakulam Patna ExpressMail & Express
5517315Velankanni ExpressMail & Express
566543Yesvantpur Coimbatore ExpressSpecial
5716566Yesvantpur ExpressMail & Express
5817605Mangaluru Kacheguda ExpressMail & Express
5912690Nagercoil Chennai ExpressSuper Fast
6012698Thiruvananthapuram Chennai Central ExpressSuper Fast
6112511Raptisagar ExpressSuper Fast
6212521Raptisagar ExpressSuper Fast
6322647Korba Thiruvananthapuram ExpressSuper Fast
6422645Ahilyanagari ExpressSuper Fast
6519567Vivek ExpressMail & Express
6618568Kollam Visakhapatnam ExpressMail & Express
6717316Visakhapatnam Link ExpressMail & Express
6817230Sabari ExpressMail & Express
6912648Kongu ExpressSuper Fast
7016565Mangaluru ExpressMail & Express
7122616Tirupati Intercity ExpressIntercity Express
7212680Chennai ExpressIntercity Express
7316318Himsagar ExpressSlip
7416318Himsagar ExpressMail & Express
7522638West Coast ExpressSuper Fast
7616859Chennai Egmore Mangaluru ExpressMail & Express
7712084Jan Shatabdi ExpressJan Shatabdi
7822852Vivek ExpressSuper Fast
7912688Dehradun Madurai ExpressSuper Fast
8022688Chandigarh Madurai SF ExpressLink
8112660Gurudev ExpressSuper Fast
8256320Coimbatore Nagercoil PassengerPassenger
8322642Shalimar ExpressSuper Fast
8422644Ernakulam Patna ExpressSuper Fast
8556848Palghat Town PassengerPassenger
8611014Kurla ExpressMail & Express
8713351Dhanbad Alappuzha ExpressMail & Express
8818189Tata Alappuzha ExpressMail & Express
8912969Coimbatore Jaipur ExpressSuper Fast
9015905Dibrugarh Vivek ExpressMail & Express
9112508Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram ExpressSuper Fast
9212516Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram ExpressSuper Fast
9312677Ernakulam ExpressIntercity Express
9466602Coimbatore Salem MEMUMEMU
9512675Kovai ExpressIntercity Express
9612243Shatabdi ExpressShatabdi
9716734Rameswaram ExpressMail & Express
9816688Navyug ExpressSlip
9916688Navyug ExpressMail & Express
10022630Tirunelveli Dehradun ExpressSuper Fast
10113352Dhanbad ExpressMail & Express
10218190Alleppey Link ExpressLink
10312678Bengaluru ExpressIntercity Express
10466603Salem Coimbatore MEMUMEMU
10516332Mumbai ExpressMail & Express
10622816Ernakulam Bilaspur ExpressSuper Fast
10722620Tirunelveli Bilaspur ExpressSuper Fast
10816340Mumbai ExpressMail & Express
10922815Ernakulam Bilaspur ExpressSuper Fast
11022619Tirunelveli Bilaspur ExpressSuper Fast
11112970Jaipur Coimbatore ExpressSuper Fast
11256847Tiruchirapalli Palghat Town PassengerPassenger
11312676Kovai ExpressIntercity Express
11412647Kongu ExpressSuper Fast
11516360Patna Ernakulam ExpressMail & Express
11612244Shatabdi ExpressShatabdi
11716331Thiruvananthapuram ExpressMail & Express
11816339Nagarcoil ExpressMail & Express
11912512Raptisagar ExpressSuper Fast
12012522Raptisagar ExpressSuper Fast
12122646Ahilyanagari ExpressSuper Fast
12222648Korba ExpressSuper Fast
12322637West Coast ExpressSuper Fast
12416860Mangaluru Chennai ExpressMail & Express
12556319Nagercoil Coimbatore PassengerPassenger
12617229Sabari ExpressMail & Express
12717616Kacheguda ExpressMail & Express
12812083Jan shatabdi Super Fast ExpressJan Shatabdi SF Exp
12916382Cape Mumbai ExpressMail & Express
13012679Coimbatore ExpressIntercity Express
13115906Vivek ExpressMail & Express
13222615Tirupati Coimbatore Intercity ExpressIntercity Express
13312697Mangalur ExpressSuper Fast
13412777Kochuveli ExpressSuper Fast
13516561Kochuveli AC ExpressMail & Express
1366544Yesvantpur ExpressSpecial
13722629Dadar Tirunelveli ExpressSuper Fast
13816618Rameswaram ExpressMail & Express
13912695Mangalur ExpressSuper Fast
14011022Chalukya ExpressMail & Express
14112625Kerala ExpressSuper Fast
14216610Nagercoil ExpressMail & Express
14316612Coimbatore Thoothukudi Link ExpressLink
14416381Kanyakumari ExpressMail & Express
1456336Guwahati ExpressSpecial
14616315Kochuveli ExpressMail & Express
14712672Nilgiri ExpressSuper Fast
14812683Bengaluru SF ExpressSuper Fast
14912685Mangaluru ExpressSuper Fast
15012778Hubli ExpressSuper Fast
15122607Bengaluru SF ExpressSuper Fast
15216562Kochuveli Yesvanthpur AC ExpressMail & Express
15316187Ernakulam ExpressMail & Express
15412515Guwahati ExpressSuper Fast
15512644Swarna Jayanti ExpressSuper Fast
15612646Millenum ExpressSuper Fast
15722851Mangaluru Central Vivek ExpressSuper Fast
15816855Mangaluru ExpressMail & Express
15922643Patna ExpressSuper Fast
16012602Chennai MailSuper Fast
16116231Mysuru ExpressMail & Express
16216857Mangaluru ExpressMail & Express
16316613Coimbatore ExpressMail & Express
16422640Chennai ExpressSuper Fast
16519568Vivek ExpressMail & Express

New Line

Name Of The Project Year2008-09

Erode-Palani Via Dharapuram,Kangayam

Length in Km 91.05

References

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

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