Tiruppur railway station
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Tiruppur
திருப்பூர் |
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| Indian Railway Station | |
| Location | Railway Station Road, Tiruppur, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu India |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Elevation | 305 metre |
| Owned by | Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways |
| Line(s) | Jolarpettai–Shoranur line |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Connections | Auto rickshaw stand, Taxi stand |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | TUP |
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway |
| Division(s) | Salem |
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Tiruppur railway station (Tamil: திருப்பூர் ரயில் நிலையம்) is a railway station severing the city of Tiruppur, or the textile city of India.The station belongs to the Salem railway division and is a major transit point of the Southern Railway Zone, one of the 7 Railway Zones of the Indian Railways. It is also known by its official code:TUP.
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Location and layout
The Tiruppur railway station is located at the heart of the Tiruppur city, at close proximity to the Old Bus Station of the city. The new bus stand located at PN road at the Northern part of the city[1] is a 10–15 minutes drive from the station.
The train station falls on the Chennai-Palakkad broad gauge line (laid in 1983) which is fully electrified and has two tracks. Almost every daily Express train or long-distance trains has a halt in the station except for a select few such as the Trivandrum Mail and the Bangalore Kochuveli Express.
Despite Tiruppur being one of the top revenue earners in Salem Division, the railway station has only 2 platforms and no starting trains from the city. About 30,000 passengers travels to Tirupur per day despite not being a Railway Junction. As a result Tirupur railway station is always crowded.[2]
The nearest airport to the station is the Coimbatore International Airport situated 35 km west of the city. The nearby stations are the suburbs of Kulipalayam towards the East and Vanjipalayam towards the West.
Facilities
- Fully computerised reservation center
- Air-conditioned rooms and dormitory
- Cloak room
- IRCTC restaurant
- ATM kiosk
- Books and magazines kiosk
Traffic
Following is the list of trains that halt at the train station.
Express services
- 18567/18568 Kollam-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
- 16525/16526 Bengaluru Kanniyakumari Express (daily)
- 12675/12676 Chennai Central Coimbatore Kovai Express (daily)
- 12671/12672 Chennai Central Mettupalaiyam Nilgiri Express (daily)
- 16627/16628 Chennai Central Mangaluru West Coast Express (daily)
- 12685/12686 Chennai Central Mangaluru Express (daily)
- 12679/12680 Chennai Central Coimbatore Intercity Express (daily)
- 12673/12674 Chennai Central Coimbatore Cheran Express (daily)
- 16609/16610 Coimbatore Nagercoil Express (daily)
- 16611/16612 Coimbatore Thoothukudi Link Express (daily)
- 17229/17230 Hyderabad Kochuveli Sabari Express (daily)
- 11013/11014 Lokamanya Tilak(T) Coimbatore Express (daily)
- 16107/16108 Chennai Egmore Mangaluru Express (daily)
- 12695/12696 Chennai Central Thiruvananthapuram Express (daily)
- 16381/16382 Mumbai CST Kanniyakumari Express (daily)
- 16865/16866 Karaikal Ernakulam Express (daily)
- 12601/12602 Chennai Central MangaluruMail (daily)
- 12677/12678 Bengaluru Ernakulam Express (daily)
- 16041/16042 Chennai Central Alapuzha Express (daily)
- 13351/13352 Dhanbad/Tata(Link Express) Alapuzha Express (daily)
- 12625/12626 New Delhi Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Express (daily)
- 12527/12528 Tirupati Coimbatore Express (4 days a week)
- 12511/12512 Gorakhpur Thiruvananthapuram Raptisagar Express (3 days a week)
- 12683/12684 Bengaluru Ernakulam Express (2 days a week)
- 12083/12084 Mayiladuturai Coimbatore Jan Shatabdi Super Fast Express Excepted (Tue)
- 16327/16328 Korba Thiruvananthapuram Express (2 days a week)
- 16309/16310 Ernakulam Patna Express (via Chennai Central) (2 days a week)
- 16323/16324 Thiruvananthapuram Shalimar Express (2 days a week)
Passenger services
- 56139/56140 Nagercoil Coimbatore Fast passenger
- 56847/56848 Tiruchirapalli Palakkad Town Fast passenger
- 66600/66601 Coimbatore Erode MEMU
- 66602/66603 Coimbatore Erode MEMU
