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{{Short description|Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{original research|date=April 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>Karur Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Karur_railway_station.JPG
| image_caption = Main building of Karur Junction railway station
| address = International Airport Road, Neelimedu, [[Karur]], [[Karur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|10.95|78.08|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=title}}
| elevation = {{convert|38|m}}
| line = {{unbulleted list| [[Erode–Tiruchirappalli line]] [[Template:Salem–Karur–Dindigul line]]}}
| other = Auto, Taxi, Bus
| structure = Standard
| electrified = yes
| platform = 5
| tracks = 10
| parking = Available
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1866|12|3}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = KRR
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Salem}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers = 30,000 passengers per day
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_locator =
| route_map = {{Salem–Karur–Dindigul line|inline=1}}
| map_state =
}}
'''Karur Junction railway station''' (Code: '''KRR''') is a [[junction station]] located in the city of [[Karur]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is situated along with Erode and Tiruchirapalli. The station is a junction for incoming trains from [[Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station|Tiruchirappalli]],Salem and [[Dindigul Junction railway station|Dindigul]] towards [[Jolarpettai–Shoranur line|Jolarpettai–Chennai line]] through {{stnlnk|Erode Junction}}.

== History ==
It was the first railway station in India to have a broad-gauge track. It was installed in the late 1860s, in a period even when all Indian railway stations, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, were on narrow gauge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/|title=Southern Railway Welcomes You|website=sr.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>

A {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] line linking the station to [[Salem Junction railway station|Salem]] via {{stnlnk|Namakkal}} was opened in 2014.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/new-passenger-train-chugs-into-grand-reception-at-karur-junction/article4752719.ece | title=New passenger train at Karur Junction | work=The Hindu | access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> The station is a part of the Salem railway division of the [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railways]]. Karur is one of the List 'A' class junction in Salem division and one of the top revenue junctions in Southern Railways. Indian Railways has proposed doubling of Salem-Karur-Dindigul and Erode-Karur Line in the 2020 budget.

==Lines==
Four single BG electric lines branch out from the Junction:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/20/stories/2011042059320100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426035521/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/20/stories/2011042059320100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Electrification plan|date=2011-04-20|access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="railnews">{{cite web|url=http://www.railnews.co.in/southern-railways-salem-karur-line-to-be-electrified/|title=Southern Railways: Salem–Karur line to be electrified|publisher=Rail News|access-date=9 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205741/http://www.railnews.co.in/southern-railways-salem-karur-line-to-be-electrified/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.core.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,302,532|title=Electrification in progress|access-date=6 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314144929/http://www.core.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,302,532|archive-date=14 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Karur-railway-station-completes-150-years/article16757872.ece|title=Karur railway station completes 150 years|date=2016-12-04|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-20|others=Special Correspondent|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

# BG Single Electric Line Towards Salem Via Namakkal
# BG Single Electric Line Towards Dindigul
# BG Single Electric Line Towards Erode
# BG Single Electric Line Towards Tiruchirappalli Via Kulithalai

==Platform layouts==
* Number of platforms : 05
* RPF station : Yes (at first platform)
* Retiring room : Yes (both AC and Non-AC at Platform 1)
* Rest rooms : Yes (at platforms 1,2 & 3)
* Canteen : Yes (4 at platform 1 and 1 at platform 2)
* Tracks : 07
* Platform 1 : Express/Superfast trains towards [[Erode]],Chennai, [[Trichy]] and [[Madurai]]
* Platform 2 : Passenger trains and few weekly trains
* Platform 3 : Express trains towards Erode, Madurai and Trichy,Palakkad
* Platform 4 : Express trains towards [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]],Bangalore and Madurai and for freight trains
* Platform 5 : Passenger trains towards Salem,Bangalore and halting for freight trains

==Incidents==
* About 40 farmers [[Karur district|in the district]] who had parted with their lands for the Salem–Karur BG line project filed a petition seeking adequate compensation as directed by the court.<ref name="thehindu3">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/pay-compensation-say-farmers-from-karur/article5259601.ece | title=Pay compensation, say farmers from Karur | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref>
* Six children, aged under 7 years old and a teacher travelling in a school van had a miraculous escape when their vehicle hit a slowing train at an unmanned level crossing at Kallumadai near the station in February 2014.<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/school-van-hits-train-at-unmanned-crossing/article5641438.ece | title=School van hits train at unmanned crossing | work=The Hindu | access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Salem railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Karur district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Karur]]

Karur Junction railway station - Revision history

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