The station is a part of the Trichy division of the Southern Railway zone and its official code is CUPJ.

The Junction has four platforms & one stabling line, which is more used for handling freight trains.

Cuddalore Port Junction also witnesses good amount of originating/terminating freight traffic.

Cuddalore Port Junction was one of the 9 scheduled halts in Southern Railway for the Science Express (Science Exhibition on Wheels), Phase VI,[2] focusing on Bio-diversity.

This article about a railway station in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a stub.