Karaikal railway station

Karaikal காரைக்கால்
Indian Railway Station
Location	Railway station road, Karaikal
Coordinates
Owned by	Indian Railways
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Connections	Taxi Stand, Auto Rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	KIK
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Tiruchirappalli railway division
History
Rebuilt	No
Electrified	No

Karaikal railway station is a railway terminus, situated at the town of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. The station is located at a distance of 145 kilometres (90 mi) east of Tiruchirapalli and 300 kilometres (190 mi) from Chennai and connects Karaikal to various parts of the country. Officially, it bears the code: KIK.

Location and Layout

The railway station is located on Railway station road off the East Coast Road (ECR) and the Karaikal Bypass Road. The Karaikal Bus Station is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away. The nearest airport is Tiruchirappalli International Airport, situated at about 130 kilometres (81 mi) away from the station.

Karaikal port is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Karaikal railway Station.

The station is the terminal point on the Tiruchirapalli-Karaikal branch line and having 3 platforms.

Operations

Express trains

No.	Train No:	Origin	Train Name
1.	16175/16176	Chennai Egmore	Karaikal Express
2.	16187/16188	Ernakulam Junction	Tea Garden Express
3.	11017/11018	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai	Kurla Express

List of passenger trains

No.	Train No:	Origin	Train Name
1.	56513/56514	Bengaluru City	(Electronics City) Fast Passenger
2.	56711/76851 56714/76854	Tiruchirappalli Junction	Passenger
3.	06851/06852	Nagore	DEMU Special Passenger
4.	76812/76815	Thanjavur Junction	DEMU Passenger
5.	76813/76818	Velankanni	DEMU Passenger

External links

• Southern Railways