🚉 (Vellore) Katpadi Junction Railway Station | Walk Through | ( Station code: KPD ) #vkrailride

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.

Line(s)

Chennai Central–Bangalore City line

Gudur–Katpadi branch line

Villupuram–Katpadi branch line

Platforms - 5

Tracks - 9

Katpadi Junction is the primary terminus and junction of Fort City Vellore. Katpadi is the eighth highest revenue earning railway station in the Southern railway.[citation needed]

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 halt at this junction. Katpadi junction is the railway station in Tamil Nadu, where highest number of trains stop. 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.

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