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Kanniyakumari
கன்னியாகுமரி
Indian Railway Station
A platform of the station
General information
LocationNational Highway 7, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu,
Owned bySouthern Railway zone of the Indian Railways
Line(s)Kanniyakumari - Nagarcoil
Platforms4
ConnectionsTaxi Stand, Auto Rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeCAPE
Zone(s) Southern Railway
Division(s) Thiruvananthapuram
History
ElectrifiedYes
Location
Kanniyakumari is located in Tamil Nadu
Kanniyakumari
Kanniyakumari
Location within Tamil Nadu

Kanniyakumari railway station (Station code: CAPE) is a railway terminus of the Indian Railways serving the coastal city of Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a part of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It's the southern most railway station in India. The Kanyakumari rail station is located in the heart of Kanniyakumari and is only 1 km away from Kanniyakumari beach. Several express trains connect Kanyakumari with the rest of India. Two longest trains operated by the Indian Railways — Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express (4283 km) and Himsagar Express (3789 km) depart from Kanniyakumari railway station.

Services

It has daily trains to Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai as well as direct trains for Rameswaram, New Delhi, Howrah, Jammu, Dibrugarh etc.

Express trains

No. Train No: Destination Train Name
1 12633 / 12634 Chennai Egmore Kanyakumari Express
2 12642 / 12643 Hazrat Nizamudin Thirukural Express
3 12665 / 12666 Howrah Howrah-Kanyakumari Express
4. 15905 / 15906 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express
5 16317 / /16318 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express
6 16381 / 16382 Mumbai CST Kanyakumari Mumbai Express
7 16525 / 16526 Bangalore Island Express
8 16861 / 16862 Puducherry Puducherry - Kanyakumari Weekly Express
9 22621 / 22622 Rameswaram Kanyakumari Rameswaram SF Express

References