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{{Short description|Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Kodaikanal Road
| name_lang = en
| native_name = கொடைக்கானல் சாலை
| native_name_lang = ta
| other_name = Kodai Road
| style = Indian Railways
| type = [[File:Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] station
| image = Kodaikanal Road Station.jpg
| address = Ammaianayakkanur Byepass, Kodai Road, [[Dindigul district]]
| borough = Tamil Nadu
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord}}
| elevation = {{Convert|240|m|ft}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway]]
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| structure = Standard on ground
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| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = KQN
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Madurai}}
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'''Kodai Road railway station''' (station code: KQN) is an NSG–5 category [[List of railway stations in India|Indian railway station]] in [[Madurai railway division]] of [[Southern Railway zone]].<ref name="sr_stn">{{cite web |title=SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE) |url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf |website=Portal of Indian Railways |publisher=Centre For Railway Information Systems |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323095403/https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2024 |page=8 |date=1 April 2023}}</ref> It is a railway station in [[Tamil Nadu]] state, India, lying between [[Dindigul]] and [[Madurai]] at {{coord|10|10|45|N|77|54|34|E}}. It is formally listed as Kodaikanal Road (railway station code KQN).

== History ==

In 1875, the [[South Indian Railway Company|Great Southern of India Railway Co.]] extended its line from [[Chennai]] to [[Tirunelveli]] and a train station named Kodai Road was built near Ammaianayakkanur village, to facilitate visits to the then new [[hill station]] of [[Kodaikanal]].<ref name=DMA>Kodaikanal Department Of Municipal Administration And Water Supply, [http://www.municipality.tn.gov.in/kodaikanal/abcity_Historical%20Moments.htm Historical Moments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324043243/http://www.municipality.tn.gov.in/kodaikanal/abcity_Historical%20Moments.htm |date=24 March 2009 }}, 2005</ref> It has been operated by the [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway Zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]] since 1951.

Once upon a time, it acted as a Junction railway station. The line was existed during the period of 1920 to 1930. This line goes through Nilakottai, Periyakulam, {{stnlnk|Teni Junction}}, Cumbum, Kumily lower camp. It had several branch lines one from Periyakulam to Kodaikanal foothills, and the other one from Teni to Kottagudi via [[Bodinayakkanur railway station|Bodi Nayakkanur]], Kurangani (Just located 5 km distance from Topslip Station where [[Kundala Valley Railway|Kundala valley railway]] line ends). But later this line was dematerialized for unknown reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Mysteries of a Defunct Ropeway|url=https://www.irfca.org/articles/defunct-ropeway.html|access-date=2020-12-28|publisher=IRFCA}}</ref> The map of this line is found in [[Imperial Gazetteer of India|Imperial Gazetter of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Railway map of tamilnadu in 1926|url=https://wiki.fibis.org/images/0/08/South_Indian_Railway_1909.png|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Transfer point ==

Kodai Road continues to serve as the rail to bus transfer point for passengers going to the now popular tourist destination of Kodaikanal, about 2 hours distant via the [[SH-156 (Tamil Nadu)#Ghat road|SH-156 Ghat Road]]. It also serves the nearby village of [[Kolinchipatti]]. This village is famous for flowers. Among the approximately 30 trains per day that serve Kodai Road is the [[Pandian Express]], which runs between [[Chennai Egmore]] and [[Madurai]].

== See also ==

* [[List of railway stations in India]]

== External links ==

* {{IndiaRailInfo|id=789|name=Kodaikanal Road}}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1875]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Dindigul district]]
[[Category:Madurai railway division]]

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