A newly built retiring room and dormitory complex on the first floor of platform 1 offers top notch staying facilities with neat beds and clean toilets
AC Waiting Hall @ Rs. 30, bathing and toilet facilities @ Rs. 25, cloak room @ Rs. 25
This section had earlier featured stories on the new retiring rooms at Tiruchirapalli, Coimbatore and Madurai Railway Stations (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2009/04/madurai-junction-retiring-rooms.html). In recent times, the Thanjavur station has received a facelift with a modern top class retiring room that has come up on the first floor next to Platform 1.
The retiring rooms across the railway network in India have been outsourced to IRCTC. At the Thanjavur station, IRCTC has outsourced the running and daily maintenance of the rooms to Fresh Up Space, a private organisation.
Compared to a decade ago, the rates of the retiring rooms in TN railway stations have shot up quite a bit. Even by that count, the Thanjavur station is at a premium but the quality of the rooms and the beds ranks among the best in TN stations. The blankets are replaced every day with maintenance staff working round the clock. One of the concerns for long has been the quality of the bathrooms at railway stations. The ones at the retiring rooms and dormitories at the Thanjavur station are neat and clean,
There are double bed rooms, family rooms and dormitories with these available for 6/9/12/24 hours. All these are AC facilities.
How to book retiring room/dormitory
One can log into the IRCTC retiring room website using the PNR number to book the retiring room or dormitories. The rates for each of these can be found after logging in. Call for enquiries: 04362273102
Bathroom and Toilet Facilities on ground floor
Also, the passengers were put to hardship in the past with lack of quality bathrooms at railway stations. The Thanjavur station has taken care of this too leasing out a newly built bathroom and toilet facility on the ground floor outside platform 1. For Rs. 25, one can have bath and use the toilet including a western one. These too are best in class comparable to those available in good hotels.
AC Waiting Hall and Cloak Room
Opposite this is the newly built ac waiting hall where passengers can stay for an hour by paying Rs. 30.
Next to the waiting hall is a cloak room at the entrance of the railway station where one can place their baggage at Rs. 25 per day.
Coimbatore Railway Station: https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2018/07/coimbatore-junction-retiring-rooms.html
Trichy Railway Station : https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2008/08/retiring-room-tiruchchirappalli.html
Srirangam Railway Station: https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2022/09/srirangam-station-retiring-room.html