Erode Junction railway station
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Erode Junction
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Erode Junction Railway Station
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| Location | Erode, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Line(s) | Jolarpettai–Shoranur line |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 12 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Elevated |
| Parking | Available |
| Bicycle facilities | Available |
| Other information | |
| Station code | ED |
| Fare zone | Southern Railway zone |
| History | |
| Opened | 1947 |
| Electrified | Yes |
Erode Junction Railway Station (Station Code: ED) is the main railway station serving the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu. Erode Junction is one of the major railway stations in Southern Railway and is located at just km from Erode Central Bus Terminus. There is an ISO certified diesel locomotive shed and an electric locomotive shed attached with Erode Junction. Erode Junction also had the distinction of being the third cleanest railway junction in India. It is one of the most important and busiest Railway Station in Tamil Nadu. Has a direct continuous water supply from River Cauvery. More than 100 trains halt here for a day.
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Lines from Erode Junction
| Line No. | Towards | Passing through Station | Type / Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coimbatore | Tiruppur | Broad, Electrified - Double Track |
| 2 | Salem | Sankari | Broad, Electrified - Double Track |
| 3 | Karur | Kodumudi | Broad, Single Track |
History
The station was established in 1947 and was connected by the first electrified broad gauge link from Chennai Central.
Facilities
The station has 4 platforms for handling passenger trains. The station serves as the hub for water filling facilities, food provision and toilet cleaning to long distance trains. The station has police station, bookshops, restaurants, accommodation facilities, ATMs, toilets and drinking water facility. There are passenger operated inquiry terminals and touch-screen kiosks. The station has split-flap timing boards, electronic display boards and plasma TVs that mention train timings and platform numbers. There is a stand-alone passenger reservation center that functions adjacent to the station.
Locomotive Sheds
Erode Junction loco shed is one among the very few stations in India which houses both diesel and electrical locomotives. Erode loco shed currently houses 338 electric and diesel locomotives,[1] making it one of the largest loco sheds operated by Indian Railways. The ISO certified electric locomotive shed houses 108 WAP-4 locomotives in addition to the WAG-7 electric locomotives. The diesel loco shed set up in 1962, houses over 120 WDM-2 and WDM-3A diesel locomotives. The trains passing through Erode junction often have a long technical halt in order to carry out engine swapping and maintenance checks.
Trains originating
| Train No.[2] | Name | Type | Destination | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16669/70 | Yercaud Express | Express | Chennai Central | Salem |
| 56100/01 | Mettur Dam Passenger | Passenger | Mettur Dam | Salem |
| 56841/42 | Tiruchirapalli Passenger | Passenger | Tiruchirapalli | Karur |
| 56843/44 | Tiruchirapalli Passenger | Passenger | Tiruchirapalli | Karur |
| 56839/40 | Jolarpettai Passenger | Passenger | Jolarpettai | Salem |
| 56845/46 | Jolarpettai Passenger | Passenger | Jolarpettai | Salem |
| 56825/26 | Tirunelveli Passenger | Passenger | Tirunelveli | Madurai |
| 66600/01 | Coimbatore MEMU | MEMU | Coimbatore | Tirupur |
| 66608/09 | Palghat Town MEMU | MEMU | Palghat Town | Coimbatore |
Trains halting
Erode junction handles 58 daily and 107 non daily passing trains.[3] The following are the trains passing through the station:
| S No. | Train No. | Train Name | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16235 | Mysuru Express | Mail & Express |
| 2 | 12684 | Ernakulam SF Express | Super Fast |
| 3 | 22608 | Ernakulam SF Express | Super Fast |
| 4 | 12674 | Cheran Express | Super Fast |
| 5 | 17606 | Kacheguda Mangaluru Express | Mail & Express |
| 6 | 12689 | Nagercoil Express | Super Fast |
| 7 | 17615 | Kacheguda Madurai Express | Mail & Express |
| 8 | 16525 | Bengaluru Express | Mail & Express |
| 9 | 604 | Coimbatore Chennai Central Premium Express | Premium |
| 10 | 12643 | Nizamuddin Express | Super Fast |
| 11 | 12645 | Nizamuddin Express | Super Fast |
| 12 | 12682 | Chennai Express | Super Fast |
| 13 | 16614 | Rajkot Express | Mail & Express |
| 14 | 16232 | Mailaduthurai Express | Mail & Express |
| 15 | 12623 | Thiruvananthapuram Mail | Super Fast |
| 16 | 16528 | Yesvantpur Express | Mail & Express |
| 17 | 12624 | Chennai Mail | Super Fast |
| 18 | 16526 | Kanyakumari Express | Mail & Express |
| 19 | 12686 | Chennai Express | Super Fast |
| 20 | 16527 | Yesvantpur Cannanore Express | Mail & Express |
| 21 | 16616 | Chemmozhi Express | Mail & Express |
| 22 | 16787 | Tirunelveli Jammu Tawi Express | Mail & Express |
| 23 | 12601 | Mangaluru Mail | Super Fast |
| 24 | 22639 | Alleppey Express | Super Fast |
| 25 | 16856 | Puducherry Express | Mail & Express |
| 26 | 16858 | Puducherry Express | Mail & Express |
| 27 | 12257 | Kochuveli Garib Rath Express | Garib Rath |
| 28 | 16615 | Chemmozhi Express | Mail & Express |
| 29 | 16316 | Bengaluru Express | Mail & Express |
| 30 | 12671 | Nilgiri Express | Super Fast |
| 31 | 22687 | Sahranpur Chandigarh Link Express | Slip |
| 32 | 12687 | Dehradun Express | Super Fast |
| 33 | 12687 | Dehradun Express | Slip |
| 34 | 16317 | Himsagar Express | Mail & Express |
| 35 | 16687 | Navyug Express | Mail & Express |
| 36 | 12507 | Guwahati Express | Super Fast |
| 37 | 22641 | Shalimar Express | Super Fast |
| 38 | 12258 | Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express | Garib Rath |
| 39 | 12659 | Gurudev Express | Super Fast |
| 40 | 16236 | Thoothukudi Express | Mail & Express |
| 41 | 12626 | Kerala Express | Super Fast |
| 42 | 12696 | Thiruvananthapuram Chennai Central Express | Super Fast |
| 43 | 12673 | Cheran Express | Super Fast |
| 44 | 11021 | Tirunelveli Express | Mail & Express |
| 45 | 16617 | Coimbatore Express | Mail & Express |
| 46 | 6032 | Coimbatore Express | Special |
| 47 | 12681 | Coimbatore Express | Super Fast |
| 48 | 18567 | Visakhapatnam-Kollam Express | Mail & Express |
| 49 | 11013 | Coimbatore Express | Mail & Express |
| 50 | 16188 | Tea Garden Express | Mail & Express |
| 51 | 16609 | Coimbatore Express | Mail & Express |
| 52 | 16611 | Thoothukudi Coimbatore Link Express | Link |
| 53 | 16733 | Rameswaram Okha Express | Mail & Express |
| 54 | 16359 | Ernakulam Patna Express | Mail & Express |
| 55 | 17315 | Velankanni Express | Mail & Express |
| 56 | 6543 | Yesvantpur Coimbatore Express | Special |
| 57 | 16566 | Yesvantpur Express | Mail & Express |
| 58 | 17605 | Mangaluru Kacheguda Express | Mail & Express |
| 59 | 12690 | Nagercoil Chennai Express | Super Fast |
| 60 | 12698 | Thiruvananthapuram Chennai Central Express | Super Fast |
| 61 | 12511 | Raptisagar Express | Super Fast |
| 62 | 12521 | Raptisagar Express | Super Fast |
| 63 | 22647 | Korba Thiruvananthapuram Express | Super Fast |
| 64 | 22645 | Ahilyanagari Express | Super Fast |
| 65 | 19567 | Vivek Express | Mail & Express |
| 66 | 18568 | Kollam Visakhapatnam Express | Mail & Express |
| 67 | 17316 | Visakhapatnam Link Express | Mail & Express |
| 68 | 17230 | Sabari Express | Mail & Express |
| 69 | 12648 | Kongu Express | Super Fast |
| 70 | 16565 | Mangaluru Express | Mail & Express |
| 71 | 22616 | Tirupati Intercity Express | Intercity Express |
| 72 | 12680 | Chennai Express | Intercity Express |
| 73 | 16318 | Himsagar Express | Slip |
| 74 | 16318 | Himsagar Express | Mail & Express |
| 75 | 22638 | West Coast Express | Super Fast |
| 76 | 16859 | Chennai Egmore Mangaluru Express | Mail & Express |
| 77 | 12084 | Jan Shatabdi Express | Jan Shatabdi |
| 78 | 22852 | Vivek Express | Super Fast |
| 79 | 12688 | Dehradun Madurai Express | Super Fast |
| 80 | 22688 | Chandigarh Madurai SF Express | Link |
| 81 | 12660 | Gurudev Express | Super Fast |
| 82 | 56320 | Coimbatore Nagercoil Passenger | Passenger |
| 83 | 22642 | Shalimar Express | Super Fast |
| 84 | 22644 | Ernakulam Patna Express | Super Fast |
| 85 | 56848 | Palghat Town Passenger | Passenger |
| 86 | 11014 | Kurla Express | Mail & Express |
| 87 | 13351 | Dhanbad Alappuzha Express | Mail & Express |
| 88 | 18189 | Tata Alappuzha Express | Mail & Express |
| 89 | 12969 | Coimbatore Jaipur Express | Super Fast |
| 90 | 15905 | Dibrugarh Vivek Express | Mail & Express |
| 91 | 12508 | Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express | Super Fast |
| 92 | 12516 | Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express | Super Fast |
| 93 | 12677 | Ernakulam Express | Intercity Express |
| 94 | 66602 | Coimbatore Salem MEMU | MEMU |
| 95 | 12675 | Kovai Express | Intercity Express |
| 96 | 12243 | Shatabdi Express | Shatabdi |
| 97 | 16734 | Rameswaram Express | Mail & Express |
| 98 | 16688 | Navyug Express | Slip |
| 99 | 16688 | Navyug Express | Mail & Express |
| 100 | 22630 | Tirunelveli Dehradun Express | Super Fast |
| 101 | 13352 | Dhanbad Express | Mail & Express |
| 102 | 18190 | Alleppey Link Express | Link |
| 103 | 12678 | Bengaluru Express | Intercity Express |
| 104 | 66603 | Salem Coimbatore MEMU | MEMU |
| 105 | 16332 | Mumbai Express | Mail & Express |
| 106 | 22816 | Ernakulam Bilaspur Express | Super Fast |
| 107 | 22620 | Tirunelveli Bilaspur Express | Super Fast |
| 108 | 16340 | Mumbai Express | Mail & Express |
| 109 | 22815 | Ernakulam Bilaspur Express | Super Fast |
| 110 | 22619 | Tirunelveli Bilaspur Express | Super Fast |
| 111 | 12970 | Jaipur Coimbatore Express | Super Fast |
| 112 | 56847 | Tiruchirapalli Palghat Town Passenger | Passenger |
| 113 | 12676 | Kovai Express | Intercity Express |
| 114 | 12647 | Kongu Express | Super Fast |
| 115 | 16360 | Patna Ernakulam Express | Mail & Express |
| 116 | 12244 | Shatabdi Express | Shatabdi |
| 117 | 16331 | Thiruvananthapuram Express | Mail & Express |
| 118 | 16339 | Nagarcoil Express | Mail & Express |
| 119 | 12512 | Raptisagar Express | Super Fast |
| 120 | 12522 | Raptisagar Express | Super Fast |
| 121 | 22646 | Ahilyanagari Express | Super Fast |
| 122 | 22648 | Korba Express | Super Fast |
| 123 | 22637 | West Coast Express | Super Fast |
| 124 | 16860 | Mangaluru Chennai Express | Mail & Express |
| 125 | 56319 | Nagercoil Coimbatore Passenger | Passenger |
| 126 | 17229 | Sabari Express | Mail & Express |
| 127 | 17616 | Kacheguda Express | Mail & Express |
| 128 | 12083 | Jan shatabdi Super Fast Express | Jan Shatabdi SF Exp |
| 129 | 16382 | Cape Mumbai Express | Mail & Express |
| 130 | 12679 | Coimbatore Express | Intercity Express |
| 131 | 15906 | Vivek Express | Mail & Express |
| 132 | 22615 | Tirupati Coimbatore Intercity Express | Intercity Express |
| 133 | 12697 | Mangalur Express | Super Fast |
| 134 | 12777 | Kochuveli Express | Super Fast |
| 135 | 16561 | Kochuveli AC Express | Mail & Express |
| 136 | 6544 | Yesvantpur Express | Special |
| 137 | 22629 | Dadar Tirunelveli Express | Super Fast |
| 138 | 16618 | Rameswaram Express | Mail & Express |
| 139 | 12695 | Mangalur Express | Super Fast |
| 140 | 11022 | Chalukya Express | Mail & Express |
| 141 | 12625 | Kerala Express | Super Fast |
| 142 | 16610 | Nagercoil Express | Mail & Express |
| 143 | 16612 | Coimbatore Thoothukudi Link Express | Link |
| 144 | 16381 | Kanyakumari Express | Mail & Express |
| 145 | 6336 | Guwahati Express | Special |
| 146 | 16315 | Kochuveli Express | Mail & Express |
| 147 | 12672 | Nilgiri Express | Super Fast |
| 148 | 12683 | Bengaluru SF Express | Super Fast |
| 149 | 12685 | Mangaluru Express | Super Fast |
| 150 | 12778 | Hubli Express | Super Fast |
| 151 | 22607 | Bengaluru SF Express | Super Fast |
| 152 | 16562 | Kochuveli Yesvanthpur AC Express | Mail & Express |
| 153 | 16187 | Ernakulam Express | Mail & Express |
| 154 | 12515 | Guwahati Express | Super Fast |
| 155 | 12644 | Swarna Jayanti Express | Super Fast |
| 156 | 12646 | Millenum Express | Super Fast |
| 157 | 22851 | Mangaluru Central Vivek Express | Super Fast |
| 158 | 16855 | Mangaluru Express | Mail & Express |
| 159 | 22643 | Patna Express | Super Fast |
| 160 | 12602 | Chennai Mail | Super Fast |
| 161 | 16231 | Mysuru Express | Mail & Express |
| 162 | 16857 | Mangaluru Express | Mail & Express |
| 163 | 16613 | Coimbatore Express | Mail & Express |
| 164 | 22640 | Chennai Express | Super Fast |
| 165 | 19568 | Vivek Express | Mail & Express |
