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Dharmapuri Junction railway station is situated in the central part of the Dharmapuri city, which is the headquarters of the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. It has been administered by the South Western Railway zone, included in the Bangalore railway division that was transferred over from the Southern Railway zone.
Location and layout
The junction is located on Duraisamy Gounder Street in the railway station road situated at close proximity to the Rural/Urban Bus Terminals, Collector Office, City Market, City Bazaar, TNSTC bus depot and the Taluk office and just Template:Convert from Govt Dharmapuri Medical College and Hospital and just Template:Cvt from Adhiyaman Kottai. The nearest international airport is Kempegowda International Airport situated in Bengaluru about and distance of Template:Cvt from the station.
The station is located at a height of Template:Convert above sea level and has three platforms. The station is eco-friendly with many trees. It is a part of the Template:Stnlnk–Template:Stnlnk railway line. It is the main stop for the trains passing through the line. Dharmapuri station is a junction (Station code itself indicates DPJ), at that time it was under Southern Railways and had been connected with Chennai, via Morappur by metre-gauge; as like as now connected with Bangalore, via Hosur. After reforming the zones of Indian Railways, its Chennai route had been abandoned and came under South Western Railways. It is undertaken by Bangalore railway division. Again the line between Dharmapuri to Morappur which measures about Template:Cvt was begun to be constructed on March 8, 2019 where the stone was laid by railway minister Piyush Goyal.