Template:Infobox station Katpadi Junction railway station, also known as Vellore Katpadi Junction railway station (station code: KPD) is an A-category junction railway station located in the city of Vellore, Tamil Nadu.[1]
Katpadi Junction (காட்பாடி சந்திப்பு) is the primary terminus and junction of Fort City Vellore. Katpadi is the eighth highest revenue earning railway station in the Southern railway.
Platforms 1 and 2 are primarily used for trains running between Chennai and Bangalore/Trivandrum while platforms 3, 4, and 5 are used for trains running towards Tirupati and Vellore Cantt.
Trains
Nearly 259 trains halts at this junction. Katpadi junction is the railway station in Tamil Nadu, where highest number of train stops Major commuters to Katpadi station are people who travel to Vellore Golden Temple, CMC Hospital and VIT University. On an average it serves approximately 18,000 passengers daily, with 11 originating trains and 67 passing. Three Shatabdi Expresses (Chennai–Coimbatore, Chennai–Bangalore and Chennai–Mysore) and one Double Decker Express (Chennai–Bangalore) have halts here.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Vellore Train Timings. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Vellore Katpadi Railway Station to Upgrade, Namma, Vellore. www.nammavellore.in.
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