Coimbatore suburban is an urban transit planned for Coimbatore city.. Restoration of old Main Line (Which was Broad Gauge Vellore Station) Nanjundapuram Railway link line lengths 1 km will help plan circular urban electric train track. A senior official with the Salem division says, "if the revival of an old line can bring about so many benefits, it can be considered". However, Implementation of this project gets delayed due to the Proposed Coimbatore Metro.
Routes These are the 5 routes. Coimbatore Jn – Mettupalayam Coimbatore Jn. – Pollachi Jn. Coimbatore Jn – Tiruppur Coimbatore Jn – Palakkad Jn Coimbatore Jn – Irugur Jn – Podanur In – Coimbatore Jn (Proposed for Both Metro and Mainline Routes)(circular line as well as urban line). Local passenger trains from Coimbatore Junction is operating on all the above-mentioned sub urban routes except the Coimbatore Jn – Irugur Jn – Coimbatore Jn (circular line as well as urban line).
Suburban stations The other stations serving Coimbatore include (CBF), (PTJ), (IGU), (MDKI), (PLMD), (SHI), (SUU), (PKU) and (SNO). Other stations like Chettipalayam, Urumandampalayam, Veerapandi and Pudupalayam are defunct. The people have asked to reopen the stations., The 1 km long Nanjundapuram Railway link line became completely defunct and was dismantled soon after the Coimbatore North – Irugur line was put to use.
Restoration of this Nanjundapuram Railway link line will help plan circular suburban electric train track connecting major train stations in the outskirts of Coimbatore like Mettupalayam, Irugur, Podanur, Pollachi etc. to ease growing peripheral traffic. Reopening this defunct Nanjundapuram Railway line & Station can benefit residents from Nanjundapuram, Ramanathapuram, Redfields, Puliakulam, Sowripalayam, Udayampalayam, Singanallur, Varadarajapuram, Uppilipalayam and Ondipudur areas of Coimbatore for train connections to onward destinations. Irugur via Nanjundapuram: This bye-pass connection from Irugur – Podanur line to Coimbatore bypassing Podanur had been laid long back at a time when Coimbatore was connected only from Podanur as a branch from Irugur–Podanur–Shoranur line. It was done to facilitate trains from Erode side to directly go to Coimbatore. However, this connection became superfluous when Coimbatore was directly connected from Irugur side via Pilamedu and Coimbatore North in 1953, and accordingly, this link line was removed at that time. Since the doubling work between Irugur–Coimbatore section is in progress, these double lines will be utilised for suburban traffic if required.
List of railway stations
List of railway stations in CoimbatoreNoNameNative NameStation Code1 கோயம்புத்தூர் சந்திப்பு CBE2 போத்தனூர் சந்திப்பு PTJ3 கோயம்புத்தூர் வடக்கு சந்திப்பு CBF4 பீளமேடு PLMD5 சிங்காநல்லூர் SHI6 இருகூர் சந்திப்பு IGU7 பெரியநாயக்கன்பாளையம் PKM8 மதுக்கரை MDKI9 சோமனூர் SNO10 சூலூர் ரோடு SUU11 துடியலூர் TDE12 காரமடை KAY13 எட்டிமடை ETMD14 கிணத்துக்கடவு CNV15 பொள்ளாச்சி POY 16 ஆனைமலை ANM 17 கோமங்கலம் GMGM 18 கல்லார் QLR 19 மேட்டுப்பாளையம் MTP 20 அடர்லி ADY21 மீனாட்சிபுரம் MXM https://www.irfca.org/chainage/table-29.html
Coimbatore Broad Gauge Metro (Circular Suburban) Railway{\https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353879651_Coimbatore_Circular_Railway_Coimbatore_Suburban_Railway
List of closed railway stations
List of Defunct and closed railway stations in CoimbatoreNo.Name 1 (CIM) 2 Urumandampalayam (URP) 3 Veerapandi (VRPT) 4 Pudupalayam 5 Nallatipalayam (NLPM) 6 Kovilpalayam (CVM) 7 Pulankinar (PLKR) 8 Tippampatti (TPMP) 9 Kallar (QLR/) 10 Tamaraikulam 11 Kurumbapalayam (KMBP) 12 Vellalore Road 13 Old Singanallur(SHI) 14 Nallampalayam/Koundempalayam/Goundampalayam 15 NarasimhaNaikenPALAYAM HALT 16 Ondipudur HALT 17 ADRL/Adderley (ADY-NMR)https://www.irfca.org/chainage/table-6.html
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