Nagercoil Junction railway station

Nagercoil Junction


Nagerkovil Junction
Indian Railways station
Nagercoil junction railway station
Main building of the station
General information
LocationRailway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil. PIN – 629 002, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates8°10′26″N 77°26′38″E / 8.174°N 77.444°E / 8.174; 77.444
Elevation38 metres (125 ft)
Owned byMinistry of Railways (India)
Operated byIndian Railways
Line(s)
Platforms5 3 Side platforms[1]
Tracks12
ConnectionsAuto, Taxi stand, Bus stand
Construction
Structure typeAt–grade
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNCJ[2]
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Thiruvananthapuram
History
Opened17 April 1979; 45 years ago (1979-04-17)
Closed-
Rebuilt-
Electrified30 kV AC 50 Hz
Previous namesKANYAKUMARI JUNCTION
Passengers
2018–198,318 per day[3]Increase 20.5% (NORMAL)
Rank9 (in Tamil Nadu)
6 (in Trivandrum division)

Nagercoil Junction railway station (station code: NCJ[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.[4] It is a railway junction in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu.

  1. ^ "54 Departures from Nagercoil SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2018-19" (PDF). Southern Railways. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. ^ "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. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.