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| map_locator = | route_map = | map_state = }} Pudukkottai railway station is a railway station located in Pudukkottai town, serving the people of Pudukkottai District in Tamil Nadu. It is the only major railway station in the district. It falls under the operational limits of Madurai Railway Division of the Southern Railway Zone and it is a major as well as an important passing station present on the Tiruchirappalli- Karaikkudi railway line. It is under the station category D, which denotes the stations that generate revenue below 4 crores annually and have very less amenities. The station serves as an alternative rail route to the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. A new line from Thanjavur - Pudukkottai was proposed and the survey works were completed, which when fully materialises elevates Pudukkottai to junction station. ==History== As early as 1886, a plan to link Pudukkottai by rail with Trichy and other places was mooted. But as the princely state of Pudukkottai was ruled by a king while most other parts of South India were under the British, protracted negotiations between these two authorities took place, specially with regard to the cost-bearing of the proposed railway line. Later, in 1921, a traffic-survey of the proposed Tiruchirapalli- Pudukkottai- Karaikudi- line was prepared by Rao Sahib S. Krishnamachari of South Indian Railways (SIR). It was estimated that the cost of construction of the railway line would work out to Rs 1.32 lakhs per mile. After a brief period of construction, the Trichy- Pudukkottai line was inaugurated on 17 April 1929 and Pudukkottai- Manamadurai line on 1 July 1930.〔http://nmma.nic.in/nmma/GlbSearch.do?method=SearchviewApproval&sheetcode=TN22003707〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pudukkottai railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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