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The Tirur railway station, opened in 1861, is the oldest railway station in Kerala. The first railway service in Kerala was on 1861 March 12 and it serviced from Beypore to Tirur for 30.5 km. First Railway service in erstwhile Travancore was started on 1904 November 26. It was Sengottai - Punalur Metre-gauge railway.
The city houses the Trichy railway division, and is served by several railway stations, of which the most prominent one being the Tiruchirappalli Junction, which is connected by 5 different branches towards Thanjavur, Pudukottai, Dindigul, Karur and Virudhachalam. Tiruchirappalli has rail connectivity with most important cities and towns in India.
Kundala Valley Railway was the first monorail system in India, later converted to a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway, that operated between Kundala Valley in Munnar, Idukki district of Kerala and Top Station in Theni district of Tamil Nadu, India. [1] The railway line had 35 km length. [2]
The history of division dates long back to 1853, when the Great Southern of India Railway Company was established with its headquarters at England and first line was constructed between Negapatnam and Trichinopoly in 1859. [4] Tiruchirappalli railway division was formed while consolidating all other railways of pre-independence era on 16 May 1956.
The Great Southern of India, a railway company was established in 1853 with Tiruchirappalli as its headquarters. [8] In 1859, the company constructed its first railway line that connected Tiruchirappalli with Nagapattinam. [8] Presently, Tiruchirappalli is an important railway junction in Tamil Nadu and is a separate division of the Southern ...
Munnar Monorail Project is a project of the government of Kerala in Munnar. [1] The mono rail is to be constructed in the same area where the erstwhile Kundala Valley Railway ran nearly a century earlier. As part of the project, a preliminary study led by Devikulam MLA S Rajendran was conducted. [2]
The National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Tiruchirappalli or NIT Trichy) is a national research deemed university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded as Regional Engineering College Tiruchirappalli in 1964 by the governments of India and Tamil Nadu under the affiliation of the University of Madras .
Tiruchirapalli Town railway station (station code:TPTN) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. [1] It is the railway station located near to Rockfort .