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Thanjavur Junction (station code: TJ) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a junction railway station in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and serves Thanjavur, earlier known as Tanjore.




History


Thanjavur is located on the "main line" of the railway system in the Coromandel coast connecting Chennai with Tiruchirappalli via Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur junction.
In 1861 the Great Southern of India Railway (GSIR) built the 125 km (78 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line between Nagapattinam and Tiruchirapalli (then known as Trichinopoly) and the line was opened to traffic next year. It was a new development south of Chennai. After South Indian Railway Company took over GSIR in 1874, the Nagapattinam–Tiruchirapalli line was converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre gauge in 1875.
The South India Railway Company laid a 715 km (444 mi)-long metre gauge trunk line from Chennai to Tuticorin via Cuddalore, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur in 1880. The 82.67 km (51 mi) long Tindivanam–Cuddalore Port (then known as Cuddalore Junction) sector, 27.60 km (17 mi) long Cuddalore Port–Porto Novo sector, 19.71 km (12 mi) long Shyali–Mayiladuthurai sector and 70.42 km (44 mi) long Mayiladuthurai–Thanjavur sector were opened in 1877, connecting Tindivanam to the already opened Tiruchirappalli–Nagapattinam line.
Three rail lines branch for Thanjavur Junction:

Towards north for Kumbakonam Railway Station.
Towards east for Nidamangalam Junction.
Towards west for Tiruchirappalli Junction.




Accident


On 8-1-1958 at about 6:25 hours while backing No. 101 Madras-Egmore–Dhanushkodi Boat Mail on the platform line of Tanjore Junction, its rear portion bumped against the rear portion of No 112 Tenkasi Passenger which was stationary on the other end of this platform, having arrived earlier.




Gauge conversion


The Cuddalore Port–Vadalur sector was converted in 2003. After conversion work of the Thanjavur–Tiruvarur broad-gauge section was opened to traffic in 2006 and Tiruvarur–Nagore section in 2010.




Electrification


New electrification survey in 2012–13 had been sanctioned in the Railway budget for the Karaikkal/Karaikkal Port–Nagapattinam-Thiruvarur-Needamangalam-Thanjavur–Tiruchirappalli and Nagapattinam–Velankanni sectors. The Electrification of Tiruchirappalli-Thanjavur-Kumbakonam-Mayiladuthurai section was completed in the end of 2020 and it was commissioned on 14 February 2021.




Projects and development


It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.




References






External links


Thanjavur Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
Thanjavur travel guide from Wikivoyage

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• Daftar kode pos di India
• Thanjavur Junction railway station
• Thiruvarur Junction railway station
• Mayiladuthurai Junction railway station
• Thanjavur
• Nidamangalam Junction railway station
• Kumbakonam railway station
• Nagapattinam Junction railway station
• Tiruchchirappalli Junction railway station
• Villupuram Junction railway station
• Ernakulam Junction railway station