Varkala Sivagiri railway station

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Varkala
Regional rail and Light rail station
General information
Location	SH64, Varkala, Trivandrum, Kerala India
Coordinates	8°44′28″N 76°43′23″E / 8.741°N 76.723°E / 8.741; 76.723
Elevation	58m
Owned by	Government of India
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	Varkala municipal bus station (opposite) Taxi stand Varkala Helipad(2km) National Waterway 3(Under renovation) Trivandrum International Airport(40km)
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	VAK
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
Classification	NSG-4[1]
History
Opened	1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Rebuilt	1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Electrified	Yes, 25 kV AC 50 Hz
Previous names	Varkala railway station till 2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Passengers
2018–19	11,427/day[2] Annual passengers – 41,70,860
Rank	2nd in Trivandrum district, 14th in Kerala
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Edavai towards ? Southern Railway zone Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line Akathumuri towards ?
Route map Kollam Junction–Thiruvananthapuram Central trunk line Legend km to Ernakulam to Sengottai 0 Kollam Junction Chinnakada overpass SP Office overpass 4.6 Eravipuram 8.9 Mayyanad Paravur Lake 12.4 Paravur Paravur town overpass Edava Lake 17.0 Kappil H. 19.9 Edava 23.7 Varkala Maithanam underpass 30.1 Akathumuri 32.8 Kadakkavoor Kadakkavoor overpass 35.9 Chirayinkeezhu 40.0 Perunguzhi 43.2 Murukkampuzha 47.2 Kaniyapuram Kazhakuttam overpass 51.3 Kazhakuttam 57.5 Kochuveli Chakka overpass 62.1 Pettah Kizhakkekotta overpass 64.6 Thiruvananthapuram Central to Nagercoil Junction This diagram: view talk edit
Location Varkala Location in Kerala Show map of Kerala Varkala Location in India Show map of India

Varkala Sivagiri railway station (station code: VAK) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[3] is a major railway station in Kerala serving the town of Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram. It is the second-busiest railway station in the state capital district Trivandrum in terms of passenger movement and 14th busiest in Kerala State. Around 54 trains halts in this station which handled more than 17,730 passengers daily with 3 platforms. It is on Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line. Station is well connected to major metropolitan & tier 2 cities like Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Kochi, Delhi, Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Vijayawada, Kolkata, Goa etc.

6km
4miles

Varkala railway station