Nagercoil Junction railway station

Nagercoil Junction
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
Elevation	38 metres (125 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway Zone
Line(s)	Trivandrum-Kanyakumari railway line; Nagercoil-Tirunelveli railway line;
Platforms	6 PF(2PF's Upcoming ; post completion of Track Doubling works,MEJ-NCJ Section) 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 (2018-19)	8,318 per day[1]
Rank	9 (in Tamil nadu); 6 (in Trivandrum division)

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

Foundation Stone

Placard of Inaugural Function

Ananthapuri Express at stationary mode

Background

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 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 ₹346 crore (US$49 million) in 2011.[2]

Layout

The station has four platforms connecting the Kanyakumari—Trivandrum line (West Coast Line) of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division to the Chennai - Madurai - Nagercoil line [3]

Lines

Tirunelveli
Trivandrum
Kanyakumari

References

"Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2018-19" (PDF). Southern Railways. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
"Chennai-Kanyakumari section emerges most profitable for third year running"
"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.

External links

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[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.