Narikkudi Railway station

Narikkudi
Express train, commuter rail and Passenger train station
The Main Building of the Station
General information
LocationNarikkudi, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates9°35′34″N 78°18′02″E / 9.592780456269896°N 78.30049956626021°E / 9.592780456269896; 78.30049956626021
Elevation72 metres (236 ft)
Owned byIndian Railway
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Manamadurai–Virudhunagar line
Platforms3
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingYes
Accessible
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNKK
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Madurai
Fare zoneSouthern Railway zone
History
Opened1964 (1964)
Rebuilt2013 (2013)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2022–232,451 per year
7 per day
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
Narikkudi Railway station
Location within Tamil Nadu

Narikkudi railway station (station code:NKK) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves Narikkudi, located in Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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 JunctionAruppukkottai 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) AruppukkottaiManamadurai Junction section along with Narikkudi railway station opened for traffic. Opened with meter gauge tracks, the 67 kilometres (42 mi) This station catering immensely the passengers of the region and Tuticorin for traffic of goods.