Katpadi Junction railway station

12°58′20″N 79°8′18″E / 12.97222°N 79.13833°E / 12.97222; 79.13833Elevation213 metres (699 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouthern Railway zoneLine(s)Chennai Central–Bangalore City line
Gudur–Katpadi branch line
Villupuram–Katpadi branch line
Platforms5Tracks9ConnectionsConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeKPD^[1]Fare zoneIndian RailwaysHistoryElectrifiedYesServices

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Jolarpet Junction towards Bangalore City		Chennai Central–Bangalore City line		Arakkonam Junction towards Chennai Central

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Legend km to Chittoor  Chennai Central   0 Katpadi Junction   Jolarpettai Junction  MASTooltip Chennai railway division limits TPJTooltip Tiruchirappalli railway division limits Palar River 9 Vellore Town 10 Vellore Cantonment 19 Pennathur Halt 22 Kaniyambadi 31 Kannamangalam 35 Onnupuram Halt 40 Sedarampattu Kamandala River 46 Arni Road 50 Madimangalam 62 Polur Cheyyar River 76 Agaram Sibbandi 84 Turinjapuram 93 Tiruvannamalai Thurinjal River 110 Tandarai 113 Andampaliam 119 Adhichchanur 123 Thirukkovilur 136 Mugaiyur 141 Ayandur 145 Mambalappattu 149 Teli 153 Venkatesapuram  Chennai Egmore   161 Viluppuram Junction   Vriddhachalam Junction  to Cuddalore Port Junction to Puducherry

Location
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Katpadi Junction railway station (also known as Vellore Katpadi Junction railway station)(station code: KPD^[1]), is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[2]

Katpadi Junction is the primary terminus and junction of Fort City Vellore. Katpadi is the eighth highest revenue earning railway station in the Southern railway.^{[citation needed]}

Platforms 1 and 2 are primarily used for trains running between Chennai and Bangalore/Trivandrum while platforms 3, 4, and 5 are used for trains running towards Tirupati and Villupuram .

Trains

Nearly 259 trains halt at this junction. Katpadi junction is the railway station in Tamil Nadu, where highest number of trains stop. Major commuters to Katpadi station are people who travel to Vellore Golden Temple, CMC Hospital and VIT University. On an average it serves approximately 18,000 passengers daily, with 11 originating trains and 67 passing. Three Shatabdi Expresses (Chennai–Coimbatore, Chennai–Bangalore and Chennai–Mysore), one Vande Bharat Express(Chennai-Mysuru), and one Double Decker Express (Chennai–Bangalore) have halts here.^[3]

Projects and development

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.^[4]

See also

• Vellore Cantonment
• Vellore
• List of areas of Vellore
• Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)

References