Namakkal railway station

Namakkal
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Senthamangalam Road, Bharatiar Nagar, Namakkal, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	11°08′N 78°06′E / 11.14°N 78.10°E / 11.14; 78.10
Elevation	186 metres (610 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Salem Junction–Karur Junction
Platforms	3 Platform
Tracks	4
Connections	By Walk
Construction
Structure type	Standard
Parking	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NMKL
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Salem
History
Opened	May 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05)
Electrified	Yes 25 kv AC, 50 Hz
Passengers
250
Route map Legend km to Jolarpettai Junction to Bangalore City to Mettur Dam 0 Salem Junction to Vriddhachalam Junction to Erode Junction 13 Mallur 26 Rasipuram 34 Puduchatram 40 Kalangani 52 Namakkal 59 Laddivadi 70 Mohanur 74 Vangal to Erode Junction 86 Karur Junction to Tiruchirappalli Junction 91 Thandoni 101 Velliyani 115 Palaiyam 131 Vembur 139 Eriodu SATooltip Salem railway division limits MDUTooltip Madurai railway division limits to Tiruchirappalli Junction to Pollachi 160 Dindigul Junction to Madurai Junction The Salem–Karur–Dindigul line is a very important line in Southern Railway (SR), which acts as a Direct, No-Reversal gateway from Salem to Tiruchirappalli, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli etc, for trains coming from/via Bangalore (SBC/YPR/SMVT), Tirupati (TPTY) and Chennai Central (MAS).
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Namakkal railway station (station code: NMKL) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a railway station situated in the Town of Namakkal in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The station is an intermediate station on the newly commissioned Salem–Karur line which became operational in May 2013.^[2]