Parangipettai railway station

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11°28′37″N 79°44′12″E / 11.47694°N 79.73667°E / 11.47694; 79.73667

Parangipettai - PO
Indian Railways station
Parangipettai railway station
General information
Location	Mutlur Road, Parangipettai, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu -608502[1]
Coordinates	11°28′37″N 79°44′12″E / 11.47698°N 79.73679°E / 11.47698; 79.73679
Elevation	6 Meters (19.69 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	TPJ Division, Southern Railways
Managed by	Halt Agent
Line(s)	Chennai Egmore–Villupuram–Mayiladuthurai–Thanjavur main line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Connections	Bus, Auto rickshaw
Construction
Structure type	Standard (On the ground)
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Live Functioning
Station code	PO
Zone(s)	Southern Railway
Division(s)	Tiruchirappalli
History
Opened	July 1, 1877; 147 years ago (1877-07-01)[2] [3] [4]
Electrified	25 kV AC 50 Hz on February 7, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-07)
Passengers
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020	1.21 Lakhs 2.36 Lakhs 1.48 Lakhs 1.49 Lakhs
Services Passenger trains MEMU Trains Journey Pass Monthly Pass
Passenger Amenities Drinking water - 2 Nos. Waiting hall - 39 Sq.m Platform height - 84 cm (Rail level) Lights - 25 Nos. Parking - 104 Sq.m Public Toilet (Paid) - 🚹︎ - 4, 🚺︎ - 4 and ♿︎ - 1 Platform shelter - 192 Sq.m Time table - Avl Dustbin - Avl
Contracts Contracts - Contractor's Name - Details Halt Agent - R. Rathiga - Issue Tickets Pay&Use Toilet - D. Ramesh - Maintain and collect fee Weekly market - R.Ramesh - Collect License fee Vehicle parking area - R. Ramesh - Secure and collect fee
Route map Legend km Chennai Central 11 Basin Bridge 9 to Chennai–Bangalore line Chennai diamond junction Washermanpet 7 to Gudur–Chennai section 6 Royapuram 4 Chennai Beach 3 Chennai Fort 1 Chennai Park 0 Chennai Egmore 2 Chetput Cooum River 4 Nungambakkam 5 Kodambakkam 7 Mambalam 8 Saidapet Adyar River State Highway 48 11 Guindy 13 St. Thomas Mount 14 Pazhavanthangal 16 Meenambakkam / Chennai Airport 17 Tirusulam Arakkonam Junction 63 19 Pallavaram on Chennai–Bangalore line 21 Chromepet Arakkonam Naval Air Station 23 Tambaram Sanatorium Kollar River 25 Tambaram Takkolam 56 NH 32 Tirumalpur 49 28 Perungalathur Kanchipuram 36 30 Vandalur Kanchipuram East 35 33 Urapakkam Nathapettai 29 36 Guduvancheri State Highway 48 39 Potheri Walajabad 22 41 Kattankulathur Pazhava Seevaram 15 43 Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar Palur 12 Ford factory Villiyambakkam 10 47 Singaperumal Koil Radipalayam 8 52 Paranur 56 / 0 Chengalpattu Junction Palar River 59 Tirumani 64 Otivakkam 69 Padalam 76 Karunghuzi 80 Madurantakam 87 Pakkam 91 Melmaruvathur 94 Acharapakkam 100 Tozhuppedu NH 32 105 Karasangal 110 Olakur 114 Panchalam 121 Tindivanam NH 32 131 Mailam 136 NediMozhiyanur Thondi River Sankara Parani River 139 Perani 147 Vikravandi 152 Mundiyampakkam NH 45 to Katpadi Junction on West South line 158 / 0 Viluppuram Junction NH 332 to Puducherry to Chord line 166 Serndanur Thenpennai River 172 Thiruthuraiyur NH 36 178 Panruti State Highway 9 186 Melpattambakkam 191 Nellikuppam 196 Varakalpattu 201 Thirupadiripuliyur State Highway 68 205 / 0 Cuddalore Port Junction Kullanchavandi 14 209 Capper Quarry Kurinjipadi 25 NH 332 NH 36 217 Alapakkam Vadalur 30 Alapakkam Oil Refinery Neyyeli 38 225 Puduchattiram Neyyeli Lignite Mines 232 Parangipettai Uttangal Mangalam 45 Vellar River to Chord line 238 Killai to Salem 243 Chidambaram State Highway 69 248 Vellampadugai Vriddhachalam Junction 58 Kollidam River Vellar River 250 Kollidam to Chord line 257 Arasur 261 Sirkazhi 266 Vaithiswaran Koil State Highway 150 274 Anandatandyapuram 276 Nidur Kaveri 280 / 0 Mayiladuthurai Junction Malliyam 284 8 Manganallur Kuttalam 288 12 Kollamangudi Narasingampet 295 16 / 0 Peralam Junction State Highway 22 Aduthurai 300 19 Punthotam Tiruvidaimaruthur 303 24 Nannilam Tirunagesvaram 306 31 Virkudi State Highway 66 36 Koddikalpalayam Kumbakonam 311 Darasuram 315 39 Thiruvarur Junction Swamimalai 318 8 Ambagarattur Sundaraperumal Kovil 320 13 Pattakudi Kudamuruti River 16 Thirunallaru Papanasam 324 21 Karai Kovilpthu Pandaravadai 327 23 Karaikal Ayyampet 333 28 Tirumalairayanapattinam Pasupatikovil 335 34 Nagore Vettar River 39 Vellipalayam Titte 341 40 Nagapattinam Beach Thanjavur Junction 350 41 Nagapattinam Junction on Tiruchirappalli–Nagapattinam line
Location Parangipettai Railway Station Location in Tamil Nadu

Parangipettai railway station is located in Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] During the British rule in Parangipettai and about 15 years after the independence of the country, the railway transport has been good. After the modernization of transport facilities, Parangipettai was left very backward. The Southern Railways was categorized PO Station as NSG-6 in 2017.^[5] Now, Categorized^[6] as HG-2 on 2023.^[7]

After the conversion to broad gauge, only 6 trains bound for Villupuram and Mayiladuthurai, in addition to two more trains for Bangalore - Karaikal, a total of 8 trains stop at Parangipettai. None of the 60+ express trains that pass through Parangipettai stop here.