Erode District is a district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It was the largest district by area in the state before the formation of Tirupur District in 2009. The headquarters of the district is Erode. It is divided into two revenue divisions, Erode and Gobichettipalayam, and is further subdivided into 10 taluks. Erode District was a part of Coimbatore District before its division into two on 17 September 1979. It covers an area of 5,722 square kilometres (2,209 sq mi), and as of 2011, had a population of 2,251,744.
Erode is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Salem and Tirunelveli. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Erode district. Administered by a municipal corporation since 2009, Erode is a part of the Erode Lok Sabha constituency that elects its member of parliament. Located on the banks of River Kaveri, it is situated centrally on South Indian Peninsula, about 400 kilometres (249 mi) southwest of its state capital Chennai and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of Coimbatore and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Tiruppur. Erode is an agricultural, textile and a BPO hub and among the largest producers of turmeric, hand-loom and knitwear, and food products.
The Southern Railway, headquartered at Chennai, is one of the 18 zones of Indian Railways. It is the earliest of the 18 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on 14 April 1951 by merging three state railways, namely, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway Company, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway was originally created in the British colonial times as Great Southern India Railway Co founded in Britain in 1853 and registered in 1859. Its original headquarters was in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) and was registered as a company in London only in 1890. At present, after re-organization of existing railway zones and creation of new zones undertaken by the Indian Railways between 2002–03, Southern Railway has emerged as the 4th largest zone after undertaking some gauge conversion projects and creation of new lines.
Vijayamangalam is a census town in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on National Highway 47 (NH-47) between Perundurai and Perumanallur.
The Nilgiri Express is a night express train service operating between Chennai Central and Mettupalayam, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. It is operated by Indian Railways.
The Raptisagar Express is a Superfast train which runs tri-weekly/weekly between Trivandrum Central/Ernakulam Junction and Gorakhpur/Barauni in India. This train goes via the cities of Kollam, Alappuzha, Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Chennai Central, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warangal, Ramagundam, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Gonda and Basti. The current operator of the train is North Eastern Railway zone/East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways.
The Cheran Superfast Express is an overnight Super Fast Express train in India which runs daily between Coimbatore Junction and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station via Salem Jn on the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
Salem Junction railway station is an A-1 category ISO 14001 certified junction railway station situated in the city of Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Salem Railway Junction has been rated as the cleanest station among the divisional headquarters railway stations and also the ninth cleanest railway station in the entire country, according to a survey report published in June 2017.
Erode city being the headquarters of Erode district, in India, has an extensive road, rail and water transport network, as it lies on the banks of Kaveri (Cauvery) River.
Thanjavur has a well-developed transport infrastructure. Thanjavur is well connected by Road, and Rail with most cities and towns in India
The Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M. G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station - Thiruvananthapuram AC Superfast Express is a superfast Rajdhani express train of the Indian Railways, announced in 2011-12 Railway Budget by Mamata Banerjee connecting Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The 12601/02 Mangalore Mail is the oldest running train in India. It is a Superfast daily operated by the Indian Railways between the cities of Chennai and Mangaluru via several places of importance including Katpadi, Salem, Erode, Tirupur, Palakkad, Shoranur, Tirur, Kozhikode and Kannur, Kasaragod. This train is considered by many to be the contemporary to the Thiruvananthapuram Mail. Just like the Trivandrum mail which has more stops in South Kerala, this train has more stops in North Kerala, mainly between Shoranur Junction and Mangaluru Central showing that this train is chiefly meant for the people of this region.
Thiruvarur Junction is a junction railway station serving Thiruvarur town, headquarters of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu in India and a focal point on the branch line connecting trains from Chennai to Nagapattinam–Velankanni–Nagore–Karaikal on one line and Karaikkudi–Sivganga–Manamadurai–Rameswaram on the second line and Tiruchirappalli–Thanjavur–Thiruvarur–Nagapattinam–Karaikal on the third line and Mayiladuthurai–Thiruvarur on the fourth line that branches out of the station.
The Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station - Coimbatore Junction Shatabdi Express is a Shatabdi superfast train between Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M. G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station and Coimbatore Junction in Tamil Nadu.
Kollam Junction railway station is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. It is the second largest railway station in Kerala in terms of area and one of the oldest railway stations in the state. World's second longest railway platform is situated at Kollam railway station.
Karur Junction railway station is a junction station located in the city of Karur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated along with Erode and Tiruchirapalli. The station is a junction for incoming trains from Tiruchirappalli and Dindigul towards Jolarpettai–Chennai line through Erode Junction.
Salem division is one of the six divisions of Southern Railway zone. Its headquarters is at Salem, Tamil Nadu.
The 12669 / 12670 Ganga Kaveri Express is a bi-weekly superfast train service operated by Indian Railways, connecting Chennai in Southern India to Chhapra in Bihar. Inaugurated on 16 February 1977 by Kamalpati Tripathi, between Madras and Varanasi, was terminating at Chennai Beach Station, from where MG Ganga Kaveri Express used to run to Rameswaram through the Kaveri river basin.
Tiruppattur Junction railway station is a railway station serving the town of Tiruppattur in Tamil Nadu, India.
This is the timeline for Southern Railway zone that encompasses over present day Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
