Thiruvananthapuram railway division

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Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division (TVC)
Thiruvananthapuram Central Station
Overview
HeadquartersThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
LocaleKerala, Tamil Nadu
Dates of operation2 October 1979 (1979-10-02)–
Technical
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Previous gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electrification25 kV AC 50 Hz
Length625 km

Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division (TVC) is one of the six administrative divisions in Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[1] It has its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. It was formed on 2 October 1979,[2] which serves the eight districts of southern part of Kerala, Kanyakumari district. With 104 stations in its territorial jurisdiction, it is the fourth largest out of six divisions in Southern Railway. It is the southernmost railway division of India and manages 625 km of route track and 108 railway stations in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The major stations of the division are Thiruvananthapuram Central, Ernakulam Junction,Kollam Junction,Thrissur,Alappuzha,Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Chengannur, Kayamkulam, Aluva, Nagercoil Junction, Kanniyakumari, Changanasseri, Tiruvalla, Kochuveli, Varkala, Mavelikara, Angamaly and Karunagappally .

Major routes

Stations

The list includes the stations under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division and their station category.[3]

Category of station No. of stations Names of stations
NSG-1 Category 0 -
NSG-2 Category 5 Thiruvananthapuram Central, Ernakulam Junction, Thrissur, Kollam Junction, Ernakulam Town
NSG-3 Category 10 Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram North), Aluva, Kottayam, Chengannur, Nagercoil Junction, Kayamkulam Junction, Alappuzha, Kanniyakumari, Varkala Sivagiri
NSG-4 Category 8

Tiruvalla, Changanasseri, Karunagappalli,Tripunithura, Angamaly, Guruvayur

NSG-5 Category 18 Nagercoil town, Mavelikara etc.
NSG-6 Category 27 Nemom (Thiruvananthapuram South), Pudukad etc.
HG 1 Category 0 -
HG 2 Category 17 Koratty Angadi, Divine Nagar
HG 3 Category 18 -
Total 103 -

Terminal facilities

Thiruvananthapuram railway division has the credit of building and maintaining highest number of passenger terminals in any railway division within southern railway.[citation needed] Passenger terminals are operational at Alappuzha, Ernakulam Jn, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Kollam Jn, Nagercoil Jn, Kanyakumari and Kochuveli.

New passenger terminal is proposed at Nemom which serves as alternate satellite terminal station to the Thiruvananthapuram Central to ease the congestion other than the present Kochuveli.

MEMU/suburban trains

A MEMU train near Kollam MEMU Shed

A MEMU shed for Kollam was proposed in 2008's Indian Railway Budget. Kollam MEMU CarShed was formally commissioned on 1 December 2013. Currently the MEMU trains runs between Kollam Junction to Greater Cochin region via Kottayam and via Alappuzha. The fastest three phase ICF Memu cars are plying in this section.[4] Kollam MEMU Shed is the second MEMU Shed in Kerala, which is equipped with most modern facilities. There was a plan initially to conduct suburban railway between Trivandrum Central to Chengannur and Haripad at regular intervals. But due to lack of dedicated lines and automated signalling system on the state the project was abandoned

Freight traffic

The freight traffic marked an all-time high record with Rs 466.41 crore earnings in the financial year 2017-2018 and there is a hike of Rs 115.51 crore, when compared to the freight earnings in previous year. Kochi Refineries shared the highest freight traffic followed by FACT Kochi.[5]

Traffic & passenger earnings details of railway stations

Rank Station name District Area Category Total passengers
(2022–23)		 Total passengers
(2023–24)		 Total ticket revenue
(2023–24)
1 Thiruvananthapuram Central Thiruvananthapuram South Kerala NSG-2 1,09,08,300 1,27,55,166 ₹281,16,65,871
2 Ernakulam Junction Ernakulam Central Kerala NSG-2 73,18,252 87,96,392 ₹241,70,96,546
3 Thrissur Thrissur Central Kerala NSG-2 58,71,287 69,35,379 ₹164,78,81,510
4 Ernakulam Town Ernakulam Central Kerala NSG-2 39,54,910 50,13,265 ₹139,07,98,295
5 Kollam Junction Kollam South Kerala NSG-2 67,04,147 82,75,069 ₹103,06,96,870
6 Kottayam Kottayam South Kerala NSG-3 32,63,160 40,97,682 ₹88,89,35,513
7 Aluva Ernakulam Central Kerala NSG-3 34,64,482 41,02,821 ₹83,19,64,389
8 Nagercoil Junction Kanniyakumari South Tamil Nadu NSG-3 23,13,910 25,66,258 ₹79,79,04,006
9 Chengannur Alappuzha South Kerala NSG-3 21,52,716 26,87,559 ₹64,78,55,315
10 Kochuveli Thiruvananthapuram South Kerala NSG-3 9,46,722 12,26,470 ₹56,81,83,342[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Railways (Government of India). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Railway Division at Trivandrum" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Annual originating passengers and earnings for the year 2020-21 - Thiruvananthapuram Division" (PDF). Indian Railways. January 2022.
  4. ^ Kollam - Ernakulam Memu [1]
  5. ^ "Record freight earnings from Thiruvananthapuram division". TOI (Thiruvananthapuram ed.). 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2022-23 (Thiruvananthapuram Division)" (PDF). Southern Railway. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2018-19 (Thiruvananthapuram Division)" (PDF). Southern Railway. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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