Nagercoil Junction railway station

Nagercoil Junction railway station (station code: NCJ) is a railway junction in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Nagercoil Junction

Nagerkovil Junction
Indian Railways station
Nagercoil junction railway station
Main building of the station
General information
LocationRailway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil. PIN – 629 002, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates8.174°N 77.444°E / 8.174; 77.444
Elevation38 metres (125 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)
Platforms6 PF (2PF's upcoming; post completion of track doubling works, CAPE-NCJ-TVC Section)
Tracks12
ConnectionsAuto, Taxi stand, Bus stand
Construction
Structure typeAt–grade
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNCJ
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Thiruvananthapuram
History
Opened15 April 1979 (1979-04-15)
Electrified25 kV AC 50 Hz
Passengers
2018–198,318 per day[1]
Rank9 (in Tamil Nadu)
6 (in Trivandrum division)

Background
Ananthapuri Express at stationary mode

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. The rail-link to Kanniyakumari 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 and Kolkata. The Chennai–Nagercoil sector is the largest profit making line in south India, which brought in ₹346 crore (US$43 million) in 2011.[2] Most of the train services from this station were the trains, that were extended services from nearest major cities such as Tirunelveli Junction and Thiruvananthapuram Central.

Layout

The station has four platforms (6 PFs Post doubling) connecting the Kanyakumari–Trivandrum line (West Coast Line) of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division to the Chennai– Madurai–Nagercoil line [3]

  • Foundation stone
    Foundation stone
  • Placard of inaugural function
    Placard of inaugural function

Lines
  • Fully Electrified Single BG Line Towards Tirunelveli (Doubling are working in progress)
  • Fully Electrified Single BG Line Towards Trivandrum (Doubling are working in progress)
  • Fully Electrified single BG Line Towards Kanniyakumari ( Doubling are working in progress )

See also

References
  1. "Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2018-19" (PDF). Southern Railways. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "Chennai-Kanyakumari section emerges most profitable for third year running"
  3. "XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget Thursday, 25 July 1996/Sravana 3, 1918 (Saka)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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