As the train is a night train it reached the station at mid night and I peeped out of the train. A dark station without any developments. The fellow passengers advised me to get down at Cuddalore town and I did. The ticket checker stopped me and told that I have travelled three kilometers extra as I have purchased the ticket only upto Cuddalore Junction and if I refuse I would have to attend the Vridhachalam court for a case. I paid the ticket charges and fine for the ticketless travel and came out. Later I came to know that the cuddalore junction station is near the cuddalore port which is not at all a town (which is only a fishing village) and the cuddalore town station is very near to the town but only has the official name as Tiruppadirippuliyur (if you spell this correctly at the first time itself you can appreciate yourself)

1. Once I have a chance to go to Cudddalore to attend a function. As I asked the ticket in my station for
Cuddalore the station master gave me a ticket which mention the destination as Cuddalore Junction. As
the train is a night train it reached the station at mid night and I peeped out of the train. A dark station
without any developments. The fellow passengers advised me to get down at Cuddalore town and I did.
The ticket checker stopped me and told that I have travelled three kilometers extra as I have purchased
the ticket only upto Cuddalore Junction and if I refuse I would have to attend the Vridhachalam court
for a case. I paid the ticket charges and fine for the ticketless travel and came out. Later I came to
know that the cuddalore junction station is near the cuddalore port which is not at all a town (which is
only a fishing village) and the cuddalore town station is very near to the town but only has the official
name as Tiruppadirippuliyur (if you spell this correctly at the first time itself you can appreciate yourself)
and the name is after the shiva temple and the old original historical village around it. Every traveller
cannot know the history and geography of all the stations throughout India and how many of them are
suffering daily due to these improper names of the stations who knows. (the name of the Old Delhi is
Hajarat Nizamuddin to say for another example.) Railway authorities can avoid these types of problems
in future atleast.