Coimbatore Junction

Coimbatore Junction Terminus Station
The Main Entrance of the Station
Station statistics
Address	State Bank Road, Coimbatore-18/Goods Shed Road Coimbatore-1 Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	11°10′N 76°35′E / 11.16°N 76.58°E / 11.16; 76.58Coordinates: 11°10′N 76°35′E / 11.16°N 76.58°E / 11.16; 76.58
Connections	Taxi, Auto Rickshaw.
Structure	Railway Station
Platforms	6
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Other information
Electrified	Yes
Code	CBE
Owned by	Indian Railways
Fare zone	Southern Railways
Station status	Functioning
Traffic
Passengers ()	1,00,000 per day on average

Coimbatore Junction (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர் சந்திப்பு) erstwhile Kovai junction, is the railway station located in heart of the city Coimbatore. The station code is CBE. It has 6 platforms. It is a Major Railway junction in South India and the second busiest railway station in Tamil Nadu in terms of passenger movement. A few of India's long distance trains pass through coimbatore junction.

Though it has the tag Junction, technically it is not a junction; it is only a railway station. The real junctions are located at Coimbatore North Junction (2.6 km away from CBE on the northern side), Podanur (5.8 km away from CBE on the southern side), Irugur(16 km from CBE on eastern side)and Peelamedu (8 km from CBE on Western side).

Facilities

There is a food plaza maintained by the IRCTC located on platforms 1 and 2. Platform 1, 2, 3 and 4 have platform refreshment stalls. Waiting rooms are present in platforms 1 and 2. A fruit stall is available at the end of platforms 1 and 2.

There are many tea and milk parlours and telephone booths are present in platforms 1, 2, 3, and 4 and on the front entrance.

There is also a cyber-cafe on the front side entrance. An Aircondtioned Hall is Available in the eastern Entrance. They charge Rs 15 per hour per Passenger

The Reservation charts are now displayed in Television screens near the enquiry counter.

There are reservation facilities in the main building of the junction.

In the south eastern side a new Bathroom and Toilet complex is constructed.

Two wheeler and Four Wheeler Parking are available in both eastern and western side.

Revenue

Coimbatore Junction alone yields 1,095 million rupees a year, which yields the second highest revenue in Southern Railway, accounting for 45% of its divisional income.^{[citation needed]}

Important originating Trains

• Cheran Express
• Nilgiri Express -12 Slip Coaches are added.
• Kovai Express
• Intercity Express
• Kurla Express
• Kongu Express
• Jaipur Express
• Rajkot Express
• Nagercoil Express
• Chennai Duronto Express
• Mayiladudurai Janshatabdi Express
• Tirupathi Express
• Tutucorin Express

Passenger Trains

• Nagercoil Passenger
• Mangalore Passenger
• Erode Passengers
• Cannanore Passenger
• Mettupalayam Passengers
• Palakkad Passengers
• Shoranur Passengers
• Trichur Passenger

Important trains passing through Coimbatore

• Ahilyanagari Express
• Nilgiri Express (connection to Nilgiri Mountain Railway to Ooty)
• Kerala Express
• West Coast Express
• Sabari Express
• Island Express
• Jayanthi Janatha Express
• Dhanbad/Tata-Allepy Express
• Trivandrum Express
• Chennai Egmore Express
• Garib Rath Express
• Millennium Express
• Raptisagar Express
• Howrah Express
• Guwahathi Express
• Patna Express
• Himsagar Express
• Navyug Express
• Tea Garden Express
• Shalimar Express

Trains by-passing Coimbatore and stopping at Podanur

Podanur is Outskirts of Coimbatore City.

• Alleppey Express
• Mangalore Mail
• Mangalore-Chennai Express (Weekly 6 days)
• Ernakulam-Bangalore City Express (Bi-Weekly - Monday and Wednesday)
• Ernakulam-Bangalore Weekly express on Sundays.
• Mangalore-Pondicherry Weekly Express
• Tirunelveli -Bilaspur Weekly Superfast Express
• Kochuveli-Yeshwanthpur Weekly Express
• Kochuveli-Hubli Weekly Express
• Trivandrum-Mumbai CST Weekly Express
• Trichy-Mangalore weekly express

All the special trains which do not pass through Coimbatore have a stop at Podanur. Passengers alighting at the Podanur railway station can take a bus or taxi to Coimbatore which is just a 25 minutes drive from Podanur.

Trains by-passing Coimbatore with no stop at Podanur

• Chennai-Trivandrum Mail
• Chennai-Trivandrum weekly express
• Kannur-Yeswantpur Daily express

Passengers to Coimbatore can either get down at either Erode Junction (98 km to the east) or Palakkad Junction (55 km to the west) and change trains.

Demand for Additional Trains

The people of Coimbatore have been demanding some new trains. Organisations like CODISSIA, SIMA, COINDIA, RAAC, KURAL, CII, CVC, CPA etc. have been consistently voicing their requests for new trains.

Some demands for new trains are:

• Daily trains to Bangalore during the day and night
• Daily trains to Indore and Jabalpur
• Train to Indore as Ahilyanagari Express is the only connection for Central India and that is also Weekly.
• An overnight train to Tirupathi
• Additional trains to Chennai
• A daily train to New Delhi
• Weekly trains to Howrah
• South bound trains to Tirunelveli, Tenkasi via Madurai and Rameswaram via Trichy.
• Connectivity to Konkan Region as lot of Konkani's work in Coimbatore.
• Daily trains to interior parts of Karnataka like Hubli, Belagum, Shimoga etc.
• Connection to Jodhpur by new train or by extending Jaipur Express.
• Overnight connection from Trivandram.

See also

• Coimbatore North Junction
• Coimbatore