Virudhunagar Junction
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Railway Feeder Rd, Virudhunagar Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	9°35′41″N 77°57′26″E / 9.5947701°N 77.9572194°E / 9.5947701; 77.9572194
Elevation	101 metres (331 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Connections	Bus, taxi, auto rickshaw
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	VPT
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Electrified	Yes
Route map Legend km to Karaikkudi Junction to Madurai Junction 0 Manamadurai Junction to Rameswaram NH 87 22 Narikkudi 35 Tiruchchuli to Tuticorin ( under construction ) NH 38 45 Aruppukkottai to Madurai Junction ( under construction ) to Madurai Junction 67 Virudhunagar Junction to Tirunelveli Junction to Tenkasi Junction This diagram: view talk edit
Location
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Virudhunagar Junction railway station (station code: VPT) is a junction railway station serving the town of Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu, India. The station is a part of the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a major junction in Indian Railways. It enhance connectivity to major stations Madurai, Kanniyakumari, Kollam, Karaikudi, Tuticorin, Rameswaram, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Trichy. It is the only way to connect Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Sengottai from Chennai otherwise it has to travel around Kerala. Virudhunagar jn. is developing under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

Location and layout

The Virudhunagar Junction is located on the North Eastern side of the city adjacent to the town's SIDCO industrial estate. The station bears the intersection of four branching railway lines and the next nearest train stations are:

• Kalligudi railway station (North)
• Sattur railway station (South)
• Aruppukkottai railway station (East)
• Sivakasi railway station (West)

The nearest airport is the Madurai International Airport situated 53.4 kilometres (33.2 mi)^[2] away in Madurai.

Virudhunagar Marshalling yard is being Constructed near Virudhunagar junction.

Lines

• Broad-gauge (BG) Electrified Double line towards Madurai Junction
• BG Electrified Single line towards Tenkasi Junction & Kollam Junction(In process)
• BG Electrified Single line towards Karaikudi Junction via Manamadurai
• BG Electrified Double line towards Vanchi Maniyachi Junction

Service

There is only one originating & terminating train Virudhunagar-Karaikudi-Tiruchirappalli Express. There are more than 82 Halting trains. Major trains such as

Pearl City Express

Chennai Egmore-Kanyakumari Express

Nellai Express

Pothigai Express

Tambaram–Nagercoil Antyodaya Express

All Passenger Express, Superfast trains will halt here.

Virudhunagar-Karaikudi-Virudhunagar Express depart/Arrive Platform no.4 in Virudhunagar

Train towards Sengottai arrive in Platform no.1 & 3

Train towards Chennai & Karaikudi from Sengottai arrive platform no.1

Train towards Chennai & Karaikudi from Vanchi Maniyachi arrive platform no.2

Train towards Vanchi Maniyachi arrive platform no.3 & 4

Special

On 27.03.2023 during traffic/ powerblock in Thiruvananthapuram railway division few Express trains halted

20923 Tirunelveli-Gandhidham Humsafar Express

16382 Kanyakumari-Mumbai Express

16525 Kanniyakumari-KSR Bangaluru Express halted

On 27.09.2023 Garib Rath Festival special halted

06051/06052 Chennai Central-Tirunelveli-Chennai Central Garib Rath Express