Nagercoil Junction railway station

Nagercoil Junction
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail

Main Building of the station
Location Railway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil. PIN - 629 002, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates Coordinates: 8°10′26″N 77°26′38″E / 8.174°N 77.444°E
Elevation 38 metres (125 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Southern Railway Zone
Line(s) Kanyakumari–Nagercoil
Trivandrum–Nagercoil
Tirunelveli–Nagercoil
Platforms 4
Tracks 11
Connections Auto,Taxi Stand, Bus stand
Construction
Structure type At–grade
Parking Available
Disabled access
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code NCJ
Zone(s) Southern Railway Zone
Division(s) Thiruvananthapuram railway division
History
Opened 15 April 1979
Electrified 25 kV AC 50 Hz
Traffic
Passengers 3.24 million
Foundation Stone
Placard of Inaugural Function
Ananthapuri Express at stationary mode

Nagercoil Junction railway station is a railway junction in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu. The station has four platforms connecting the Kanyakumari—Trivandrum line (West Coast Line) of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division to the Chennai - Madurai - Nagercoil line [1] The rail-link to Kanyakumari was established only in 1979, mainly because establishing a rail line through the district posed some challenges for the rail department and took a lot of efforts, especially the western line. The western line runs through some huge artificial ground-elevations and a number of hill-tunnels. Kanyakumari District is connected through direct train services with all leading metropolitan cities in India like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata. The Chennai-Nagercoil sector is the largest profit making line in south India, which brought in INR346 crore (US$55 million) in 2011.[2]

History

Trivandrum-Nagercoil-Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli-Nagercoil construction projects were inaugurated by the then Prime minister Mrs.Indira Gandhi on 6 September 1972. The Trivandrum-Nagercoil-Kanniyakumari line was opened on 15 April 1979. Nagercoil Junction became operational on 15 April 1979.

Stations in Kanyakumari District Route
Kochuveli
Thiruvananthapuram Pettah
Thiruvananthapuram Central
Nemam
Balaramapuram
Neyyattinkara
Amaravila H.
Dhanuvachapuram H.
Parassala
Tamilnadu - Kerala Border
Kulitthurai West H.
Kulitthurai
Palliyadi H.
Eraniel
Virani Alur H.
Nagercoil Town
to Nagercoil – Madurai line
Nagercoil Junction
Suchindram
Agastiswaram
Tanarakulam
Kanniyakumari

Revenue

Station Name Grade 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Aralvaymozhi E 21,15,127 17,78,567 43,03,387
Kanyakumari A 4,79,37,440 5,76,31,386 7,13,23,240
Eraniel D 89,54,885 93,61,162 1,48,93,334
Kulitturai B 2,14,14,960 2,26,22,912 2,68,05,322
Nagercoil Jn A 17,99,20,348 20,17,67,259 21,91,67,166

Trains at Nagercoil Junction

Passenger Trains

The services are:[3]

  • 56310 Nagercoil - Trivandrum Passenger
  • 56321 Kanniyakumari - Tirunelveli Passenger
  • 56312 Tirunelveli - Nagercoil Passenger
  • 56325 Nagercoil - Kanniyakumari Passenger
  • 56319 Nagercoil - Coimbatore Passenger
  • 56320 Coimbatore - Nagercoil Passenger
  • 56318 Nagercoil - Kochuveli Passenger
  • 56304 Nagercoil - Kottayam Passenger
  • 56316 Nagercoil - Trivandrum Passenger
  • 56311 Trivandrum - Nagercoil Passenger
  • 56317 Kochuveli - Nagercoil Passengers
  • 56315 Trivandrum - Nagercoil Passenger
  • 56313 Trivandrum - Nagercoil Passenger
  • 66304 Kollam - Kanniyakumari MEMU
  • 66305 Kanniyakumari - Kollam MEMU
  • 56715 Punalur - Kanniyakumari Passenger
  • 56716 Kanniyakumari - Punalur Passenger
  • 56701 Punalur - Madurai Passenger
  • 56700 Madurai - Punalur Passenger

Express Trains

Departure

Train No. Train Name Origin Destination
16352 Mumbai Express Nagercoil Mumbai
16128[4] Guruvayur Express Guruvayur Chennai
16340 Mumbai Express Nagercoil Mumbai
12666[4] Howrah Express Kanyakumari Howrah
16863[4] Puducherry Express Kanyakumari Puducherry
16354[4] Kacheguda Express Nagercoil Kacheguda
17236 Bangalore Express Nagercoil Bangalore
12668 Chennai Express Nagercoil Chennai
12634 Kanniyakumari Express Kanniyakumari Chennai
16724 Ananthapuri Express Trivandrum Chennai
12641 Thirukural Express Kanniyakumari Nizamudin
12690 Chennai Express Nagercoil Chennai
16609 Coimbatore Express Nagercoil Coimbatore
22622[4] Rameswaram Express Kanyakumari Rameswaram
16606[4] Ernad Express Nagercoil Mangalore
22620 Bilaspur Express Tirunelveli Bilaspur
16650[4] Parasuram Express Nagercoil Mangalore
16382[4] Jayanthi Janatha Express Kanniyakumari Mumbai
19577[4] Hapa Express Tirunelveli Hapa
16723 Ananthapuri Express Chennai Trivandrum
16525[4] Island Express Kanniyakumari Bangalore
16336[4] Gandhidham Express Nagercoil Gandhidham
16317[4] HimsagarExpress Kanniyakumari Jammu Tawi
12659[4] Gurudev Express Nagercoil Shalimar
15905[4] Vivek Express Kanniyakumari Dibrugarh
16127[4] Guruvayur Express Chennai Guruvayur

Passenger Amenities


Railway Lines in Nagercoil Junction

Line No. Towards Passing through Station Type / Track
1 Chennai Tirunelveli, Madurai, Trichirappalli
  • Kanyakumari - Madurai Broad Gauge Single Track
  • Madurai -Dindigul Fully Electrified Broad Gauge Double Track
  • Dindigul - Villupuram Electrified Broad Gauge Single Track
  • Villupuram - Chengalpattu Electrified Broad Gauge Single Track
  • Chennai Egmore - Chengalpattu Fully Electrified Broad Gauge Double Track
2 Mangalore Trivandrum, Ernakulam
  • Kanyakumari-Trivandrum Electrified Broad Gauge Single Track
  • Trivandrum - Kayankulam Fully Electrified Broad Gauge Double Track
  • Kayankulam -Ernakulam Electrified Broad Gauge Single Track
  • Ernakulam - Mangalore Broad Gauge Double Track
3 Kanyakumari Suchindram
  • Nagercoil - Kanyakumari Electrified Broad Gauge Single Track
4 Chettikulam Aloor-Nagarcoil Broad Gauge - Under Survey (Proposed)
5 Karaikudi Tiruchunder,Tuticorin Broad Gauge- Under Survey (Proposed)

Technical Details

Trivandrum-Nagercoil Section

Nagercoil - Tirunelveli section

Nagercoil - Kanyakumari Section


See also

References

  1. ↑ XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget Thursday, 25 July 1996/Sravana 3, 1918 (Saka)
  2. ↑ "Chennai-Kanyakumari section emerges most profitable for third year running"
  3. ↑ Southern Zone Time Table July 2013, Page no 170 & Table No. 41,41A
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 Southern Zone Time Table July 2013, Page no 112 & Table No. 13,13A

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