Omalur Junction railway station

Omalur Junction
ஓமலூர் சந்திப்பு
Indian Railway station
Location State Highway 86, Omalur, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates 11°44′18″N 78°02′43″E / 11.7383°N 78.0452°E / 11.7383; 78.0452Coordinates: 11°44′18″N 78°02′43″E / 11.7383°N 78.0452°E / 11.7383; 78.0452
Elevation 278 metres (912 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Southern Railway zone
Line(s) Salem - Bangalore line
Platforms 2
Connections Auto rickshaw
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code OML
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Salem
Fare zone Indian Railways

Omalur Junction railway station is a junction station of the Salem railway division of the Southern Railway Zone serving Omalur a town panchayat and taluk headquarters in Salem district, Tamil Nadu.Station has been extending with 15 crores of large station building and 3rd platform with island platform.It is one of large revenue station in Salem railway division and nearest junction to Salem junction.

The station has 6 tracks for trains waiting for Salem junction

Location and layout

The station has 2 platforms. The third platform is under construction it will be finished within 2 months with subway

It bears the juncture of 2 lines.
  1. Salem-Bangalore section
  2. Salem-Mettur Dam spur line via Omalur it is electrified and doubling track between OMALUR to mettur.

OMALUR to Bangalore via hosur budget of 130 crores has been passed for electrifying the track

Services

Following is the list of trains that halt at the train station.[1]

Express Services
No. Train No Origin Destination Train Name
1. 11013/11014 Kurla Coimbatore Express
2. 11063/11064 Chennai Egmore Mettur Dam Mango Super Fast Express
Passenger Services
No. Train No Origin Destination Train Name
1. 56101/56102 Mettur Dam Salem Passenger
2. 56103/56104 Mettur Dam Erode Passenger
3. 56421/56422 Salem Yesvantapur Passenger
4. 56513/56514 Karaikal Bengaluru City Junction Electronic City Fast Passenger

References

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