Nagercoil Junction railway station


Nagercoil Junction railway station 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

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 in 2011. Most of the train services from this station were the extended services from nearest major cities such as Tirunelveli Junction and Thiruvananthapuram Central.

Layout

The station has four platforms connecting the Kanyakumari–Trivandrum line of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division to the Chennai– Madurai–Nagercoil line

Lines

  • Fully Electrified double BG Line Towards Tirunelveli
  • Fully Electrified Single BG Line Towards Tiruvananthapuram
  • Fully Electrified double BG Line Towards Kanniyakumari

Projects and development

It is one of the 75 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.
11.38 crore rupees have been allocated for the renovation work of Nagercoil railway station under the Amrit Bharat scheme.