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{{Short description|Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{unreferenced|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox station
| name            = Dindigul Junction
| type            = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style           = Indian Railways
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| address         = Junction Rd, [[Dindigul]] [[Dindigul district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country         = India
| coordinates     = {{coord|10.7648|79.6338|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| map_type        = India Tamil Nadu#India
| elevation       = 287 metre
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| other           = [[Bus stand]], [[Taxicab stand]], [[Auto rickshaw|Auto rickshaw stand]]
| structure       = Standard (on ground station)
| platform        = 5
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| parking         = Yes
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| code            = {{Indian railway code
  | code = DG
  | zone = [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway]]
  | division = {{rwd|Madurai}}
  }}
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| status          = Functioning
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'''Dindigul Junction railway station''' is a junction railway station serving the city of [[Dindigul]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. The station is a part of the [[Madurai railway division]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]]. It serves as a gateway for {{stnlnk|Madurai Junction}} as all train services from Chennai and north towards Madurai Junction pass through the station. It is also known by its station code: DG. It acts as an important junction point and most of the trains halt at Dindigul Junction. 

==History==
Dindigul was major junction point right from metre-gauge era in [[Great South Indian Railway]]. Metre-gauge routes to [[Coimbatore Junction railway station|Coimbatore Junction railway]], [[Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station|Tiruchirappalli Junction]] and [[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai Junction]]. In 1990s, the first broad-gauge line was established by [[Karur]] and Madurai [[broad-gauge railway|broad-gauge track]]. The line between Madurai and Dindigul was a metre-gauge and broad-gauge parallel lines. After gauge conversion between [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai Egmore]] and Madurai, [[Palani]]<nowiki/>route was the sole metre-gauge section in the entire western Tamil Nadu. Around 2012, Dindigul–Palani section was converted into broad gauge, Chennai [[Palani Express]] commenced its service.

==Location and layout==
The Dindigul Junction is located on the eastern side of the city adjacent to the city's SIDCO industrial estate. The station bears the intersection of four branching railway lines and the next nearest train stations are:
* Ambathurai railway station (South)
* Tamaraipadi railway station (East) 
* Akkaraippatti railway station (West)
* Eriodu railway station (North)

[[Madurai Airport]] is the nearest airport.

===Lines===
*BG electrified double line towards [[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai]]
*BG electrified double line towards [[Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station|Trichy]]
*BG electrified single line towards [[Karur Junction railway station|Karur]]
*BG single line towards [[Pollachi Junction railway station|Pollachi]]


==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/dindigul-junction-dg/788 Arrivals at DG/Dindigul Junction]

{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Dindigul district}}
[[Category:Madurai railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Dindigul district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Dindigul]]
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