Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
Indian Railways station
Name board at train station
General information
Location	Ottantham-Maniyachchi Road, Maniyachchi, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	8°52′52″N 77°53′29″E / 8.8811°N 77.8913°E / 8.8811; 77.8913
Elevation	70 metres (230 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Platforms	4
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MEJ
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1876; 148 years ago (1876)
Electrified	Yes
Location
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station is a junction railway station in Maniyachchi of Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] Services from north of the station pass through the station to proceed southwards to Tirunelveli and eastwards to Thoothukudi, as these branchings make the station, a junction.

History

The station is named after the Tamil freedom fighter Vanchinathan and was the site^[2] of assassination of the British Collector, Robert Ashe. Today the station is a significant station in the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway Zone, one of the six divisions established within the Southern Railway zone others being Chennai, Tiruchchirappalli, Salem, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram. A notification regarding a change in name has been issued by Southern Railway on 26-10-1988 ^[3]

Location and layout

The station is located on the Ottantham-Maniyachchi Road at a distance of 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Thoothukudi its district headquarters.

Lines

The station has 3 intersecting lines:

• BG single line towards the north via Virudhunagar Junction.
• BG single line towards the south via Tirunelveli Junction.
• BG single line towards the east to Thoothukudi.

Traffic

Being the junction at which the line bifurcates to the port city of Thoothukudi, the station has a fair share of train stoppage. All the passenger trains, most express trains and a few longer distance superfast trains stop here.