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Puducherry railway station

Summary

Puducherry railway station (station code: PDY) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It is a railway terminus of the Villupuram–Pondicherry branch line serving the city of Pondicherry, headquarter of Puducherry Union territory

Puducherry

Pondicherry
Indian Railways station
The Main Entrance of the Station
Puducherry Railway Platform with Arakkonam WAP4 #22809 holding Dadar - Pondy Express
General information
Other namesPondy
LocationSubbiah Salai(South Blvd), Pondicherry
India
Coordinates11°55′30″N 79°49′41″E / 11.9250°N 79.8281°E / 11.9250; 79.8281
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Villupuram–Pondicherry branch line
Platforms4 + 1(Goods Terminal)
Tracks5
Train operatorsIndian Railways
ConnectionsTaxi stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codePDY
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) CHENNAI Tiruchirappalli
Fare zoneIndian Railways
History
Opened1879
Closed2022
Rebuilt2025 AUGUST
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesPondicherry Railway Station
Passengers
80,0000
Services
Several
Route map
Legend
km
Up arrow to Katpadi Junction
 Chennai Egmore Right arrow 
0
 Viluppuram Junction
 Left arrow Vriddhachalam Junction 
LowerLeft arrow to Cuddalore Port Junction
10
 Valavanur
22
 Chinna Babu Samudram
Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
 NH332-IN.svg NH 332
30
 Villianur
NH332-IN.svg NH 332
38
 Puducherry LocationMap

History edit

The Puducherry railway line is one of the oldest rail link in India and it was constructed in the year 1879 by the Puducherry Railway Company during the period of French and British rule in India. Under the supervision of South Indian Railway with the object of connecting the town and the port of Puducherry with South India and to develop the resources of the Puducherry Territory, the rail link between Puducherry and Villupuram has been established. Even though there was total enmity between the then Super Powers—the French and the English—when it came to economic development they had a very good understanding and the Puducherry Railway system was a good example of it.[2]

The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Tiruchirapalli railway division. This Division may be the only Division in the world maintaining the Railways developed by both the British and the French empires.

It has daily trains connecting the city with Chennai, villuppuram and Tirupathi apart from non-daily trains towards prime cities including Mangaluru, kanyakumari, Bengaluru, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai via Villupuram.[3][4][5]

Location and layout edit

The Puducherry railway station is located on Subbiah Salai and is very close to several tourist spots and important locations in the city such as the Main Bus Stand (1.3 km (0.81 mi)), Aurobindo Ashram (1.8 km (1.1 mi)), Chief Secretariat Building (1.9 km (1.2 mi)), and Puducherry Airport (6.8 km (4.2 mi)).[6]

There are 4 platforms in the station for passenger traffic and one for the goods service which is sandwiched between platform 1.[7] There have also been proposals for constructing 2 pit lanes in the station for train maintenance. The station underwent a major revamp in 2008 following the launch of new trains connecting it to various destinations.[6] currently all the rakes of trains which are operated from this station are being maintained in villupuram junction railway station

References edit

  1. ^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY—TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI DIVISION" (PDF). Indian Railways. Southern Railway zone. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Residents demand railway station". The Hindu. Puducherry. 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. ^ Jaisankar C. (27 February 2013). "A dream-come-true Railway budget: Union Minister". The Hindu. Puducherry. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Bomb scare at railway station". The Hindu. Puducherry. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Facelift for railway station". The Hindu. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Railway move to shift goods handling draws flak". The Indian Express. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

External links edit

 
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