Salem railway division
Salem Railway Division is a railway division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It was carved out of the Palakkad railway division in 2006.[1] It covers 15 districts in Tamil Nadu and has a total route length of 862 km (536 mi).[2][3] Coimbatore Junction is the most busiest railway station in this division and accounts for 45% of the revenues.[4][5] Other major railway stations include Coimbatore North Junction, Erode Junction, Salem Junction, Karur Junction and Tirupur.[6] Erode loco shed holds WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A, WDG-4, WAG-7 and WAP-4 locos and is home to the largest fleet of WAP-4 locos on Indian Railways.[7]
 Coimbatore Junction, the busiest railway station | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Salem |
| Locale | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Predecessor | Southern Railways |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Broad |
| Length | 862 km (536 mi) |
| Other | |
| Website | Southern Railways - Salem railway division |
List of railway stations and towns
The list includes the stations under the Salem railway division and their station category.[8][9]
| Category of station | No. of stations | Names of stations |
|---|---|---|
| A-1 Category | 2 | Coimbatore Junction , Salem Junction. |
| A Category | 7 | Erode Junction, Karur Junction, Tiruppur, Podanur Junction, Mettupalayam, Coonoor |
| B Category | 5 | Sankari, Omalur, Attur, Salem town, Namakkal |
| C Category (Suburban station) |
4 | Rasipuram, Ayyothiyapattinam, Mettur, MacDonald Choultry |
| D Category | - | - |
| E Category | - | - |
| F Category Halt Station |
- | - |
| Total | - | - |
Stations closed for Passengers -
References
- "Kerala rail zone in lieu of two truncated divisions". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Salem railway division formed". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- "Southern Railways - Salem railway division". Southern Railways, India. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Railways in Coimbatore". raac.co.in. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Coimbatore Junction neglected". The Hindu. 31 August 2011.
- "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.