Tracks 11 Opened 15 April 1979 Platforms in use 4 | Operated by Southern Railway Zone Elevation 38 m Phone 077364 33918 Connection Taxicab stand | |
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Location Railway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil. PIN - 629 002, Kanyakumari, Tamil NaduIndia Line(s) Kanyakumari–NagercoilTrivandrum–NagercoilTirunelveli–Nagercoil Connections Auto,Taxi Stand, Bus stand Similar Thiruvananthapuram Central railway st, Madurai Junction railway st, Tirunelveli Junction railway st, Kollam Junction railway st, Kochuveli railway station | ||
Nagercoil Junction railway station is a railway junction in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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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$51 million) in 2011.
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