Coimbatore Suburban Railway
Coimbatore Suburban Railway is a circular suburban railway planned for coimbatore city.[1]
| Coimbatore Suburban Railway | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Type | suburban rail | ||
| Status | planned | ||
| Locale | Coimbatore, Tamilnadu | ||
| Termini | Coimbatore junction | ||
| Operation | |||
| Owner | Indian Railway | ||
| Operator(s) | Southern Railway | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge | ||
| Electrification | 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||
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The circular railway line will help run through Coimbatore Junction, Podanur, Vellalore, Irugur, Singanallur, Peelamedu and Coimbatore North. This will certainly help decongest the city roads. A senior official with the Salem division says if the revival of an old line can bring about so many benefits, it can be considered.
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).[2] Other stations like Chettipalayam, Urumandampalayam, Veerapandi and Pudupalayam are defunct. The people have asked to reopen the stations.[3]
List of railway stations
| List of railway stations in Coimbatore | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Native Name | Station Code | |||||||||
| Coimbatore Junction | கோயம்புத்தூர் சந்திப்பு | CBE | |||||||||
| Podanur Junction | போத்தனூர் சந்திப்பு | PTJ | |||||||||
| Coimbatore North Junction | கோயம்புத்தூர் வடக்கு சந்திப்பு | CBF | |||||||||
| Peelamedu | பீளமேடு | PLMD | |||||||||
| Singanallur | சிங்காநல்லூர் | SHI | |||||||||
| Irugur Junction | இருகூர் சந்திப்பு | IGU | |||||||||
| Periyanaickenpalayam | பெரியநாயக்கன்பாளையம் | PKM | |||||||||
| Madukkarai | மதுக்கரை | MDKI | |||||||||
| Somanur | சோமனூர் | SNO | |||||||||
| Sulur Road | சூலூர் ரோடு | SUU | |||||||||
| Thudiyalur | துடியலூர் | TDE | |||||||||
| Karamadai | காரமடை | KAY | |||||||||
| Ettimadai | எட்டிமடை | ETMD | |||||||||
| Kinathukadavu | கிணத்துக்கடவு | CNV | |||||||||
| List of Defunct and closed railway stations in Coimbatore | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.No. | Name | Status | Station Code | ||||||||
| 1 | Chettipalayam | Defunct | CIM | ||||||||
| 2 | Urumandampalayam | closed | |||||||||
| 3 | Veerapandi | closed | |||||||||
| 4 | Pudupalayam | closed | |||||||||
| 5 | Nallatipalayam | closed | |||||||||
| 6 | Koilpalayam | closed | |||||||||
| 7 | Tamaraikulam | closed | |||||||||
References
- "coimbatore circular railway".
- "Route KM-Statewise" (PDF). Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- "Revival of defunct railway stations".