Kodaikanal Road railway station
Kodai Road railway station is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station in Tamil Nadu state, India, lying between Dindigul and Madurai at. It is formally listed as Kodaikanal Road.
History
In 1875, the 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. It has been operated by the 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,, Cumbum, Kumily lower camp. It had several branch lines one from Periyakulam to Kodaikanal foothills, and the other one from Teni to Kottagudi via Bodi Nayakkanur, Kurangani. But later this line was dematerialized for unknown reasons. The map of this line is found in Imperial Gazetter of India.