[2] It is a junction station located in the city of Karur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

It was installed in the late 1860s, in a period even when all Indian railway stations, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, were on narrow gauge.

[3] A 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line linking the station to Salem via Namakkal was opened in 2014.

Indian Railways has proposed doubling of Salem-Karur-Dindigul and Erode-Karur Line in the 2020 budget.

[9] In 2019, the station was granted ISO–14001 certification for complying with NGT (nation Green Tribunal).