Eraniel | |||||
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| Light rail station | |||||
 The entrance of the station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Opp. Neyyoor Hospital -Eraniel Konam Road, Neyyoor Post, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, Pincode- 629802 India | ||||
| Coordinates | 8°12′49″N 77°18′27″E / 8.2135°N 77.3076°E | ||||
| Elevation | 19 metres (62 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Line(s) | Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Connections | Auto stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Accessible | Eraniel | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | ERL | ||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Thiruvananthapuram | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | April 14, 1979 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 1,27,442 | 1,27,442 | ||||
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Eraniel Railway station (station code: ERL) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It in Eraniel is the most important railway station of Kallkkulam taluk of Kanyakumari district in the Tamil Nadu state of India.[2][3] All daily trains passing through the station halts in Eraniel station.[3] The famous Mandaikadu Bagavathi Amman Temple, Colachel Port, I.R.E Industries in Manavalakurichi and Padmanabhapuram Palace are situated nearby the station.[3] The station also is the nearest railhead for two municipalities – Padmanabapuram, Colachel and for 25 villages.This Railway station is very useful to go work in morning time.
- ^ "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. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "MenuMatic Horizontal Example". Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ a b c "XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget Thursday, 25 July 1996/Sravana 3, 1918 (Saka)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2012.