Thanjavur Junction railway station 4.61

Thanjavur Junction railway station is located in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and serves Thanjavur, earlier known as TanjoreHistoryThanjavur is located on the "main line" of the railway system in the Coromandel coast connecting Chennai with Tiruchchirappalli via Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai (Mayuram) and Thanjavur junctions. In 1861 the Great Southern Railway of India built the 125km long wide broad gauge line between Nagapatnam and Tiruchirapalli (then known as Trichinopoly) and the line was opened to traffic next year. It was a new development south of Chennai. After taking over of GSIR by South Indian Railway Company in 1874, the Nagapatnam-Tiruchirapalli line was converted to wide metre gauge in 1875.The South India Railway Company laid a 715km long metre gauge trunk line from Chennai to Tuticorin via Mayiladuthurai Kumbakonam and Thanjavur in 1880. The 82.67km long Tindivanam -Cuddalore Port (then known as Cuddalore Junction) sector, 27.60km long Cuddalore Port-Porto Novo sector, 19.71km long Shyali-Mayiladuturai sector and 70.42km long Mayiladuturai-Thanjavur sector were opened in 1877, thereby connecting Tindivanam to the already opened Tiruchirappalli-Nagapattinam line.