Viluppuram Junction railway station
Villupuram Junction is a railway station in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. Being a prominent railway station, it serves as the distribution point of rail traffic from Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, towards the southern and central parts of the state. It is the third largest junction by number of branch lines in the state of Tamil Nadu after Salem junction,Tiruchchirapalli Junction . It is one of the A Grade train stations in Tamil Nadu. Location and layout. Viluppuram railway station covers about 20 acres of a vast area, six platforms – Platforms 1 to 3 occupy  a length of and platforms 4 to 6 occupy a length of 550 metres each and few goods/freight train lines which occupies each and there are few shunting lines. The Railway lines can be easily crossed with the help of two mass structured over bridges. The railway station is located off the East Pondy Road in the Keelperumpakkam neighborhood. The station is located in close proximity of from the arterial GST Road. Several landmark places such as Railway mixed high school, Aringar Anna Science & Arts College, Municipal Ground, Government Hospital Building, and TNEB Block are located at close proximity  from the station. The Viluppuram Old Bus Stand (Town bus stand) is situated at and New bus stand (Central bus stand) is situated at from the Viluppuram Junction railway station. The nearest airport is the Puducherry Airport located at a distance of over and Chennai Airport is away from Viluppuram. Lines. Five railway lines branch out of the Viluppuram Junction railway station. Gauge conversion was underway in 2010, making rail traffic even heavier. Villupuram Junction has been undergone a massive infrastructure upgrade to handle this traffic.