Kilikollur railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the town, see Kilikollur. For the City, see Kollam.

Kilikollur
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
Kilikollur railway station building
General information
LocationNear NH-744, Kilikollur, Kollam, Kerala
India
Coordinates8°55′04″N 76°37′57″E / 8.9179°N 76.6326°E / 8.9179; 76.6326
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Kollam–Sengottai branch line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt–grade
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeKLQ
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Madurai
Fare zoneIndian Railways
History
Opened1904; 120 years ago (1904)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2022–23666 per day
242,966 per year
Location
Kilikollur is located in India
Kilikollur
Kilikollur
Location within India
Kilikollur is located in Kerala
Kilikollur
Kilikollur
Kilikollur (Kerala)

Kilikollur railway station (station code:KLQ) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone, serving the city of Kollam.[1] It serves Kilikollur, located on Kollam–Punalur section in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.[2][3][4][5] The station is one among the four railway stations serving the city of Kollam. Other railway stations in the city are Kollam Junction railway station,Kundara railway station and Eravipuram railway station. All the trains passing through have halt in this station, except the Tambaram–Kollam Special Express running on the newly commissioned Punalur–Sengottai line.[6][7]

  1. ^ "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. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Annual Originating Passengers & Earnings for the year 2022-23" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ^ Alert gangman averts train accident
  5. ^ "Four Trains to Stay Suspended Tomorrow". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Six new stops for Punalur - Guruvayur train". The Times of India. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  7. ^ Correspondent, D. C. (1 September 2014). "Revised railway timetable from today". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 May 2024. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)