Puducherry railway station

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Puducherry railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 11°55′30″N 79°49′41″E / 11.9250°N 79.8281°E

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Puducherry

Pondicherry

Indian Railways station

The Main Entrance of the Station
Puducherry Railway Platform with Arakkonam WAP4 #22809 holding Dadar - Pondy Express

General information

Other names

Pondy

Location

Subbiah Salai (South Blvd), Pondicherry
India

Coordinates

11°55′30″N 79°49′41″E / 11.9250°N 79.8281°E

Owned by

Indian Railways

Operated by

Southern Railway zone

Line(s)

Villupuram–Pondicherry branch line

Platforms

4 + 1(Goods Terminal)

Tracks

Train operators

Indian Railways

Connections

Taxi stand, Auto rickshaw stand

Construction

Structure type

Standard (on-ground station)

Parking

Available

Bicycle facilities

Available

Accessible

Other information

Status

Functioning

Station code

PDY

Zone(s)

Southern Railway zone

Division(s)

CHENNAI Tiruchirappalli

Fare zone

Indian Railways

History

Opened

1879

Closed

2022

Rebuilt

2025 AUGUST

Electrified

Yes

Previous names

Pondicherry Railway Station

Passengers

80,0000

Services

Several

Route map

Legend

to Katpadi Junction

Chennai Egmore

Viluppuram Junction

Vriddhachalam Junction

to Cuddalore Port Junction

NH 332

NH 332

Puducherry

Location

Puducherry railway station (station code: PDY) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a railway terminus of the Villupuram–Pondicherry branch line serving the city of Pondicherry, headquarter of Puducherry Union territory

History

The Puducherry railway line is one of the oldest rail link in India and it was constructed in the year 1879 by the Puducherry Railway Company during the period of French and British rule in India. Under the supervision of South Indian Railway with the object of connecting the town and the port of Puducherry with South India and to develop the resources of the Puducherry Territory, the rail link between Puducherry and Villupuram has been established. Even though there was total enmity between the then Super Powers—the French and the English—when it came to economic development they had a very good understanding and the Puducherry Railway system was a good example of it.^[2]

The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Tiruchirapalli railway division. This Division may be the only Division in the world maintaining the Railways developed by both the British and the French empires.

It has daily trains connecting the city with Chennai, villuppuram and Tirupathi apart from non-daily trains towards prime cities including Mangaluru, kanyakumari, Bengaluru, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai via Villupuram.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Location and layout

The Puducherry railway station is located on Subbiah Salai and is very close to several tourist spots and important locations in the city such as the Main Bus Stand (1.3 km (0.81 mi)), Aurobindo Ashram (1.8 km (1.1 mi)), Chief Secretariat Building (1.9 km (1.2 mi)), and Puducherry Airport (6.8 km (4.2 mi)).^[6]

There are 4 platforms in the station for passenger traffic and one for the goods service which is sandwiched between platform 1.^[7] There have also been proposals for constructing 2 pit lanes in the station for train maintenance. The station underwent a major revamp in 2008 following the launch of new trains connecting it to various destinations.^[6] currently all the rakes of trains which are operated from this station are being maintained in villupuram junction railway station