Nagercoil Junction railway station

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

Nagercoil Junction
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail
Main building of the station
LocationRailway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil. PIN – 629 002, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates
Elevation38 metres (125 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)
Platforms6 PF (2PF's upcoming; post completion of track doubling works, MEJ-NCJ Section) tracks = 11
ConnectionsAuto, Taxi stand, Bus stand
Construction
Structure typeAt–grade
ParkingAvailable
Disabled 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, 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]

  • Foundation stone
  • Placard of inaugural function

Lines
  • Tirunelveli
  • Trivandrum
  • Kanniyakumari

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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