Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station

Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India

8°52′52″N 77°53′29″E / 8.8811°N 77.8913°E / 8.8811; 77.8913Elevation70 metres (230 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouthern Railway zonePlatforms4Tracks6ConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)ParkingYesOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeMEJ Zone(s) Southern Railway zone Division(s) MaduraiFare zoneIndian RailwaysHistoryOpened1876; 148 years ago (1876)ElectrifiedYesPassengers2022–23192,651 (per year)
528 (per day)
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction is located in India
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction is located in Tamil Nadu
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction (Tamil Nadu)
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Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station (station code: MEJ) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1][2] It serves Maniyachchi, located in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[3]

History

The station is named after the Tamil freedom fighter Vanchinathan and was the site[4] 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 [5]

Location and layout

Sunset at Vanchi Maniyachi Junction

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

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was 30,015,508 (US$360,000) and daily earnings was 82,234 (US$990). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 192,651 and daily count was 528. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 816.[3]

References

  1. ^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Originating Passengers & Earnings for the year 2022-23" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Centenary of a historical assassination today". Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  5. ^ https://164.100.77.150/bitstream/123456789/277123/1/PQ_148_30111988_U2271_p92_p92.pdf

External links

  • Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
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