Owned by Indian Railways Tracks 11 Opened 15 April 1979 Owner Indian Railways 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 Nadu
India Line(s) Kanyakumari–Nagercoil
Trivandrum–Nagercoil
Tirunelveli–Nagercoil Connections Auto,Taxi Stand, Bus stand Address Railway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu 629001 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