Pondicherry railway station

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Puducherry Railway Station
Indian Railway Station

The Main Entrance of the Station
Station statistics
Address Subbiah Salai(South Blvd), Pondicherry
Coordinates 11°55′30″N 79°49′41″E / 11.9250°N 79.8281°E / 11.9250; 79.8281Coordinates: 11°55′30″N 79°49′41″E / 11.9250°N 79.8281°E / 11.9250; 79.8281
Line(s) Villupuram-Pondicherry branch line
Connections Taxi Stand, Auto Rickshaw stand
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Platforms 3
Tracks 4
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Available
Baggage check Available on alert days.
Other information
Accessible
Station code PDY
Zone(s) Southern Railway
Division(s) Tiruchchirappalli
Owned by Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways
Station status Functioning

Puducherry Railway Station is a railway station serving the city of Pondicherry.

History

The Pondicherry railway line is one of the oldest rail link in India and it was constructed in the year 1879 by the Pondicherry 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 Pondicherry with South India and to develop the resources of the Pondicherry Territory, the rail link between Pondicherry 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 Pondicherry Railway system was a good example of it.[1]

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 apart from non-daily trains towards prime cities including Mangalore, Tiruchirapalli, Bangalore, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai via Villupuram.[2][3][4]

Location and Layout

The Puducherry Train station is located in the 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), Aurobindo Ashram (1.8 km), Chief Secretariat Building (1.9 km), and Pondicherry Airport (6.8 km).[5]

There are 3 platforms in the station for passenger traffic and one for the now defunct[6] Goods service. 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 across various destinations.[5]

Facilities

The following list of facilities include those both upcoming as well as the ones currently available at the station.[5]

  • Computerised Reservation Center
  • ATMs
  • Book Stall
  • Passenger Care Center
  • Air-conditioned and Non Air-conditioned Waiting Rooms
  • Cloak Room
  • IRCTC Restaurants
  • Pre-Paid autorikshaw counters
  • Pre-paid parking space

Traffic

This is a list of trains starting/terminating at Puducherry railway station

No. Train No. Origin Destination Train Name Frequency
1. 16116/16115 Puducherry Chennai Auroville Express All days a week
2. 11006/11005 Puducherry Dadar Chalukya Express Three days a week
3. 22403/22404 Puducherry New Delhi New Delhi Express Weekly
4. 12868/12867 Puducherry Howrah Sri Aurobindo Express Weekly
5. 12897/12898 Puducherry Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar Express Weekly
6. 16855/16856 Puducherry Mangalore Mangalore Express Weekly
7. 12256/12255 Puducherry Yesventapur Garib Rath Express Weekly
8. 16861/16862 Puducherry Kanyakumari Kanyakumari Express Weekly
9. 17413/17414 Puducherry Tirupati Tirupati Express Weekly
10. 16857/16858 Puducherry Mangalore Mangalore Express Weekly
11. 56038/56037 Puducherry Chennai Chennai Passenger All days a week
12. 56041/56042 Puducherry Tirupati Tirupati Passenger All days a week
13. 56862/56861 Puducherry Villupuram Villupuram Passenger All days a week
14. 56864/56863 Puducherry Villupuram Villupuram Passenger All days a week
15. 56866/56865 Puducherry Villupuram Villupuram Passenger All days a week

References

  1. ↑ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY—TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI DIVISION". 
  2. ↑ "Residents demand railway station". Puducherry. The Hindu. Jan 06, 2009. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  3. ↑ C., Jaisankar (February 27, 2013). "A dream-come-true Railway budget: Union Minister". Puducherry. The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  4. ↑ "Bomb scare at railway station". Puducherry. The Hindu. February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The Hindu - Puducherry Railway Station". Retrieved 2013-06-15. 
  6. ↑ "The Indian Express - Railway move to shift goods handling draws flak". Retrieved 2013-06-15. 

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