Manamadurai–Virudhunagar line Madurai–Thoothkudi (under Construction)
Platforms
3
Tracks
3
Connections
Auto Rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type
Standard (on-ground station)
Parking
Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status
Functioning
Station code
APK
Zone(s)
Southern Railway zone
Division(s)
Madurai
Fare zone
Southern Railway zone
History
Opened
1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Rebuilt
2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Electrified
Yes
Route map
Legend
km
to Karaikkudi Junction
to Madurai Junction
0
Manamadurai Junction
to Rameswaram
NH 87
22
Narikkudi
35
Tiruchchuli
to Tuticorin (
under
construction
)
NH 38
45
Aruppukkottai
to Madurai Junction (
under
construction
)
to Madurai Junction
67
Virudhunagar Junction
to Tirunelveli Junction
to Tenkasi Junction
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Aruppukottai Railway station
Location within Tamil Nadu
Aruppukkottai railway station (station code:APK) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1][2] It is located in Aruppukkottai, Tamil Nadu connecting Manamadurai and Virudhunagar. A new railway line from Manamadurai Junction–Virudhunagar Junction Via Aruppukkottai was proposed in the Third Five Year plan, which was supposed to ease the pressure on the existing Manamadurai Junction–Madurai Junction and Madurai Junction–Virudhunagar Junction sections.[3]
On 1 September 1963, the 22.66 kilometres (14.08 mi) Virudhunagar Junction – Aruppukkottai section was opened,[4] along with Aruppukkottai railway station in the same year by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Kamaraj.[5] And on 2 May 1964, the rest of 43.89 kilometres (27.27 mi) Aruppukkottai – Manamadurai Junction section was thrown to traffic.[6] Opened with meter gauge tracks, the 67 kilometres (42 mi) This station catering immensely passengers of the region and unloading food grains for TNCSC.[7]
^"SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^"Chapter 28: Transport and Communications". Government of India. Planning Commission (India). Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^"Railway Budget 1964–65" (PDF). Indian Railways. Railway Board. p. 4 (208). Retrieved 4 February 2014.
^"Ministers flayed for inaction on railway station issue". The Hindu. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^R. P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History Time line". Irse.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^"Trains to chug out soon on Virudhunagar – Manamadurai broad gauge section". The Times of India. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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