Cuddalore Port Junction railway station

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Cuddalore Port Junction
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	NH 45A, Cuddalore Township, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, Pincode-607003
Coordinates	11°42′54″N 79°45′58″E / 11.7149°N 79.7662°E / 11.7149; 79.7662
Elevation	4 metre
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur main line Vriddhachalam–Cuddalore branch line
Platforms	4
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	CUPJ
Zone(s)	Southern Railway
Division(s)	Tiruchirapalli
History
Electrified	Yes
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
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Cuddalore Junction (station code: CUPJ) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a junction station serving the City of Cuddalore. The station is a part of the Trichy division of the Southern Railway zone and its official code is CUPJ. Its old name is Cuddalore Junction and the station code then was COT.

The Junction falls on the Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur main line. Three railway lines diverge from here. One leads to Viluppuram Junction; another one to Mayiladuthurai Junction and the last one to Vriddhachalam Junction.

The Junction has four platforms & one stabling line, which is more used for handling freight trains. Parcel movement to/from Cuddalore Port Jn. is quite high. Cuddalore Port Junction also witnesses good amount of originating/terminating freight traffic. The junction also has facilities for handling container cargo.

Cuddalore Port Junction was one of the 9 scheduled halts in Southern Railway for the Science Express (Science Exhibition on Wheels), Phase VI,^[2] focusing on Bio-diversity.

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• Southern Railways - Official Website
• Cuddalore travel guide from Wikivoyage

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