Aruppukkottai railway station

Aruppukkottai
Express train, commuter rail and Passenger train station
The Main Entrance of the Station
General information
LocationRailway feeder Road, Aruppukkottai, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates9°31′29″N 78°06′10″E / 9.5247°N 78.1029°E / 9.5247; 78.1029
Elevation103 metres (338 ft)
Owned byIndian Railway
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Manamadurai–Virudhunagar line
MaduraiThoothkudi (under Construction)
Platforms3
Tracks3
ConnectionsAuto Rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingYes
Accessible
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeAPK
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Madurai
Fare zoneSouthern Railway zone
History
Opened1963 (1963)
Rebuilt2013 (2013)
ElectrifiedYes
Route map
km
0
Manamadurai Junction
22
Narikkudi
35
Tiruchchuli
to Tuticorin (
under
construction
)
45
Aruppukkottai
to Madurai Junction (
under
construction
)
67
Virudhunagar Junction
Location
Aruppukottai Railway station
Location within Tamil Nadu

Aruppukkottai railway station (station code:APK) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Aruppukkottai, Tamil Nadu connecting Manamadurai and Virudhunagar. A new railway line from Manamadurai JunctionVirudhunagar Junction Via Aruppukkottai was proposed in the Third Five Year plan, which was supposed to ease the pressure on the existing Manamadurai JunctionMadurai Junction and Madurai JunctionVirudhunagar Junction sections.

On 1 September 1963, the 22.66 kilometres (14.08 mi) Virudhunagar Junction – Aruppukkottai section was opened, along with Aruppukkottai railway station in the same year by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Kamaraj. And on 2 May 1964, the rest of 43.89 kilometres (27.27 mi) Aruppukkottai – Manamadurai Junction section was thrown to traffic. Opened with meter gauge tracks, the 67 kilometres (42 mi) This station catering immensely passengers of the region and unloading food grains for TNCSC.