Katpadi Junction is located in the city of Vellore

Vellore

Vellore It is considered one of the oldest cities in South India and lies on the banks of the Palar river on the site of Vellore Fort. The city lies between Chennai and Bangalore and the Temple towns of Thiruvannamalai and Tirupati...

. The station is located on Chennai

Chennai

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 - Bangalore

Bangalore

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 and Villupuram - Tirupati lines. It is located at the northern end of the city on Chittor Highway connecting Cuddalore

Cuddalore

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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 and Chittoor

Chittoor

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 Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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The station is served by 5 platforms, of which platforms 4 and 5 primarily serve trains bound from\to Vellore Cantonment and from\to Andhra Pradesh.It is the prestigious railway junction because chennai-bangalore shatabdi express stops here,this is the only junction shatabdi stops between chennai-bangalore.And also expect mysore shatabdi all super fast trains stops here.totally 150 trains crossing katpadi(vellore)junction everyday.

Platforms 1 to 3 primarily serve trains bound to Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore and Kerala directions.

Facilities

A food plaza maintained by IRCTC is located on platforms 1 and 2. Platform 1, 2 and 3 platforms also have refreshment stalls, ranging from Aavin milk booth to Fruit stalls. Waiting rooms are present in platforms 1, 2 and 3.

A CMC Hospital help desk functions at Platform 1

Parking

Car parking is in the southern end of the station, oppposite to the main entrance. Bike parking is further inside, close to railway staff quarters

Transportation

Bus facilities connecting the Railway station to the main city is available right outside the railway station. Taxis and Auto are other primary modes of transport.

See also

• Areas of Vellore
• Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)
  Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)
  -Assembly segments:Vellore changed 1.1.09 Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments :#Katpadi#Gudiyatham#Pernambut #Anaicut#Vellore#ArniAfter delimitation, it is currently composed of#Vellore#Anaicut...
  
  
• Vellore
  Vellore
  Vellore It is considered one of the oldest cities in South India and lies on the banks of the Palar river on the site of Vellore Fort. The city lies between Chennai and Bangalore and the Temple towns of Thiruvannamalai and Tirupati...
  
  
• Vellore Cantonment
  Vellore Cantonment
  Vellore Cantonment is the secondary railway station that serves the city of Vellore, the primary one being Katpadi Junction. The station is located on Villupuram - Tirupati line. It is located at the heart of the city on Infantry road....