Kanniyakumari Terminus railway station

Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India

8°5′16″N 77°32′48″E / 8.08778°N 77.54667°E / 8.08778; 77.54667Elevation36 metres (118 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouthern Railway zoneLine(s)Nagercoil – Kanniyakumari railway linePlatforms6Tracks7ConnectionsTaxi stand, Auto rickshaw standConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)Accessible

Other informationStatusFunctioning (doubling)Station codeCAPE Zone(s) Southern Railway zone Division(s) ThiruvananthapuramHistoryOpened1979; 45 years ago (1979)ElectrifiedYes

Route map

Legend

				km
					to Tirunelveli Junction
				0	Nagercoil Junction
					to Thiruvananthapuram Central
				12	Suchindram
				16	Kanniyakumari

Location
Kanniyakumari Location within India Show map of India Kanniyakumari Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) Show map of Tamil Nadu

Kanniyakumari railway station, (formerly Cape Comorin railway station)(station code: CAPE) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a railway terminus of the Indian Railways serving the coastal town of Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu.^[2]

Administration

It is a part of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It's the southernmost railway station in India. The Kanyakumari rail station is located in the heart of Kanyakumari and is only 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away from Kanyakumari beach.

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.^[3]

New lines in proposal

Indian Railways were planning for East Coast Railway Route starting from Chennai to Kanyakumari via Cuddalore, Karaikudi, Ramanathapuram, Tuticorin. The surveys were gone on a phase by phase manner and submitted for approvals, the Railway board currently shelved the project.^[4]

References

^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
^ Bhandari, Shashwat (25 May 2022). "From Rameswaram to Kanyakumari, how 5 Tamil Nadu railway stations will look after redevelopment". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS". Press Information Bureau. New Delhi. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "New railway line along ECR dropped, Chennai-Cuddalore link may get nod next year". 19 November 2018.

External links

Kanniyakumari Terminus railway station at the India Rail Info

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