Jolarpettai

Jolarpettai is a municipality town in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India upgraded to IInd grade municipality from October 2010. It has the significant intercity prepare station and a noteworthy worker rail center point in Southern Railway. It is 7 km from Tirupattur and 18 km from Vaniyambadi. Jolarpettai town, a prime intersection served by Southern Railways, is for all intents and purposes cut up by Chennai– Bangalore railroad line which runs nearly amidst the town. In spite of the fact that the start of the town was as an unassuming village, the town had continuously advanced into an essential railroad hub on foundation of the rail line junction.

The history of Jolarpettai Junction returns to 1860s however the presence of the settlement goes back even more. At the point when Madras Railways is begun in 1856, trains employed between RoyapuramMadras to Wallajah RoadArcot. Later, work was begun for laying the rail line in 1864 in the Wallajah Road - Bangalore Contonement course by means of Jollarpet in which Bangalore mail began its voyage in 1868. The Brindavan Express when presented in the late 1960s was viewed as one of the quickest prepare around then which crosses the Jolarpettai - Bangalore cantonment segment in 1hour 30 min.