Tiruchirappalli railway division

Tiruchirappalli railway division
Headquarters
Office of TPJ Divisional Headquarters
Overview
HeadquartersTiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Reporting markTPJ
LocaleTamil Nadu and Puducherry
Dates of operation16 May 1956; 68 years ago (1956-05-16)–present
PredecessorSouth Indian Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Previous gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electrification25 kV AC, 50 Hz
Length1,026.55 km (637.87 mi)
Other
Websitewww.sr.indianrailways.gov.in

Tiruchirappalli railway division (Tamil: [திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி ரயில் கோட்டம்]) is one of the six railway divisions of Southern Railway zone (SR) of India. It has its administrative headquarters located at Tiruchirappalli. It serves most of the districts of delta region and Central Tamil Nadu.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Jurisdiction map (Engineering)" (PDF). Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. ^ Bhandari, Laveesh (2009). Indian states at a glance, 2008–09: Tamil Nadu : performance, facts and figures. Pearson Education. ISBN 978-81-317-2347-0.