Sholavandan railway station

Sholavandan railway station
Sholavandan railway station
Coordinates	10°01′22″N77°57′55″E / 10.0228°N 77.9654°E
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Station code	SDN
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Last updated February 22, 2019

Sholavandan railway station, situated in the Southern Railway zone, is an Indian train station in Vadipatti taluk, a taluk in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. The station code is SDN.

The Southern Railway, headquartered at Chennai, is one of the 17 zones of Indian Railways. It is the earliest of the 17 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 2nd largest zone after undertaking some gauge conversion projects and creation of new lines.

Vadipatti is a taluk of Madurai Region of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In Nilakottai taluk One of the Village is Vadipatti.

The Madurai district is the ninth largest in population of the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India. The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the world-famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai and the oldest Islamic mosque in Madurai The Kazimar Big Mosque situated in the banks of Kiruthumal river. Thiruparankundram is one of the major tourist place in the district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 3,038,252 with a sex-ratio of 990 females for every 1,000 males. Aside from the city of Madurai, the larger towns are Melur, vadipatti, Peraiyur, Thirumangalam and Usilampatti. It is an important hub for various film shootings.

Location and layout

Sholavandan is located on the left bank of the Vaigai River, sixteen miles north-west of Madurai. Sholavandan railway station is a stop for all passenger trains on the Madurai–Bangalore Express^[1] and the Nellai Express. It follows Samayanallur station on the route to Dindigul from Madurai.^[2] The nearest railway stations are:

Cholavandan is a panchayat town in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the left bank of the Vaigai River, sixteen miles north west of Madurai. It is one of 12 "town- panchayats" of Madurai district.

The Vaigai is a river in Theni, Andipatti and Madurai, Tamil Nadu state of southern India. It originates in Varusanadu Hills, the Periyar Plateau of the Western Ghats range, and flows northeast through the Kambam Valley, which lies between the Palni Hills to the north and the Varushanad Hills to the south. The Vattaparai Falls are located on this river. As it rounds the eastern corner of the Varushanad Hills, the river turns southeast, running through the region of Pandya Nadu. Madurai, the largest city in the Pandya Nadu region and its ancient capital, lies on the Vaigai. The river empties into the Palk Strait near Uchipuli, close to Pamban bridge in Ramanathapuram District.

Nellai Express is a Superfast train operated in and by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It runs on all days connecting Tirunelveli Junction with Chennai Egmore via Tiruchirappalli and Madurai through the chord line.

Koodal Nagar Railway Station, 17 km (11 mi)
Madurai Junction Railway Station, 19 km (12 mi)
Dindigul Junction railway station, 37 km (23 mi)
Palani/PLNI Railway Station, 69 km (43 mi)

Dindigul Junction railway station is a junction railway station serving the city of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, India. The station is a part of the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone. It is also known by its station code: DG.

The nearest airport is Madurai International Airport, situated 34.5 kilometres (21.4 mi) away from the station.^[3]

Lines

The station has two intersecting lines: The BG single line towards the north via Chennai and Bangalore and the BG single line towards the south via Madurai and Kanyakumari.

Kanyakumari is a city of Kanyakumari district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. Also, called as the "God's own district". The name comes from the Devi Kanya Kumari Temple in the region, in Tamil it is pronounced as 'Kan-niya-kumari'. It is the southernmost tip of peninsular India, and is surrounded on three sides by the Laccadive Sea.Kanyakumari city is the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range. Nearest city is Thiruvananthapuram and airport is Trivandrum International Airport, Trivandrum, Kerala. and the nearest town is Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, 22 km (14 mi) away. Kanyakumari has been a city since Sangam period and is a popular tourist destination.

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References

↑ "Indian Railway Information" . Retrieved 2014-06-16.
↑ "Indian Government Railway projects" . Retrieved 2014-09-10.
↑ "Nearest airport" . Retrieved 2015-09-10.

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[2] "Indian Government Railway projects" . Retrieved 2014-09-10.

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Sholavandan railway station

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