Salem railway division
Category of station No . of stations Names of stations
A-1 Category 2 Coimbatore Junction , Salem Junction
A Category 7 Erode Junction , Karur Junction , Tiruppur , Podanur Junction , Mettupalayam , Coonoor
B Category 5 Sankari , Omalur , Attur , Salem town , Namakkal
C Category ( Suburban station ) 4 Rasipuram , Ayyothiyapattinam , Mettur , MacDonald Choultry
D Category - -
E Category - -
F Category Halt Station - -
Total - -
List of railway stations and towns
The list includes the stations under the Salem railway division and their station category . [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
Salem Railway Division is a railway division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It was carved out of the Palakkad railway division in 2006. It covers 15 districts in Tamil Nadu and has a total route length of . Coimbatore Junction is the most busiest railway station in this division and accounts for 45% of the revenues. Other major railway stations include Coimbatore North Junction, Erode Junction, Salem Junction, Karur Junction and Tirupur. Erode loco shed holds WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A, WDG-4, WAG-7 and WAP-4 locos and is home to the largest fleet of WAP-4 locos on Indian Railways.