Nagercoil Junction railway station

Nagercoil Junction Nagerkovil Junction
Indian Railways station
Main building of the station
General information
Location	Railway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil. PIN – 629 002, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates
Elevation	38 metres (125 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways (India)
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line Nagercoil–Tirunelveli line
Platforms	4 Side platforms
Tracks	12
Connections	Auto, Taxi stand, Bus stand
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Parking	Available
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NCJ
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
History
Opened	17 April 1979 (1979-04-17)
Electrified	25 kV AC 50 Hz
Passengers
2018–19	8,318 per day
Rank	9 (in Tamil Nadu) 6 (in Trivandrum division)

Nagercoil Junction railway station (station code: NCJ) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway junction in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Background

Kanykumari Express train at Railway station

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 and Kolkata. The Chennai–Nagercoil sector is the largest profit making line in south India, which brought in ₹346 crore (US$43 million) in 2011. Most of the train services from this station were the trains, that were extended services from nearest major cities such as Tirunelveli Junction and Thiruvananthapuram Central.

Layout

The station has four platforms (6 PFs Post doubling) connecting the Kanyakumari–Trivandrum line (West Coast Line) of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division to the Chennai– Madurai–Nagercoil line

• 
  Foundation stone
• 
  Placard of inaugural function

Lines

• Fully Electrified Single BG Line Towards Tirunelveli (Doubling are working in progress)
• Fully Electrified Single BG Line Towards Trivandrum (Doubling are working in progress)
• Fully Electrified single BG Line Towards Kanniyakumari ( Doubling are working in progress )

Projects and development

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.

See also

• Thiruvananthapuram railway division
• Southern Railway zone