Punalur railway station

Punalur
Express train, Passenger train and Commuter rail station
General information
Location	Nedumkayam, Punalur, Kollam district, Kerala India
Coordinates	9°01′23″N 76°54′58″E / 9.023°N 76.916°E / 9.023; 76.916
Elevation	6.74 metres (22.1 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Kollam–Sengottai chord line
Platforms	2
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PUU
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Southern Railway zone
Classification	NSG-6
History
Opened	1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2016–17	1774 per day [1]
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Auvaneeswaram towards ? Southern Railway zone Kollam–Sengottai branch line Edamann towards ?
Route map Kollam–Sengottai branch line km to Trivandrum Central 0 Kollam Junction Chemmamukku overpass Kollam Bypass to Kayamkulam Junction TVCTooltip Thiruvananthapuram railway division MDUTooltip Madurai railway division limits NH 744 6 Kilikollur 8 Chandanattop Halt NH 183 13 Kundara Chittumala Road 15 Kundara East NH 744 19 Ezhukone Nedumankavu Road NH 744 Ampalathumkala overpass NH 744 NH 744 25 Kottarakara Kottarakara Street overpass SH 1 Mylom Thodu 30 Kuri Thalavoor Road 37 Auvaneeswarem 45 Punalur Kallada River SH 8 NH 744 NH 744 Anapettakongal Road 55 Edamann Urukkunnu Tunnel 77 Ottakkal Tenmala Tunnel 1 66 Thenmala Tenmala Tunnel 2 Tenmala Tunnel 3 Tenmala Tunnel 4 13 arch bridge Achankoil River 70 Kazhuthurutty 77 Edapalayam 75 New Aryankavu 79 Aryankavu NH 744 Kerala Tamil Nadu Aryankavu Tunnel NH 744 87 Bhagavathipuram 93 Sengottai Elattur Road SH 39A Tamil Nadu NH 744 102 Tenkasi Junction to Virudhunagar Junction to Tirunelveli Junction

Punalur railway station (station code:PUU) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[2] It serves Punalur, located in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.^[3][4]

The temples related to Sabarimala like Achankovil, Aryankavu, and Kulathuppuzha are Located near Punalur.^[5] The Kollam–Shencottah railway line is the first railway line in erstwhile Travancore state and is more than a century old. The Kollam–Sengottai section is part of the Kollam–Chennai metre-gauge rail route commissioned by the British during 1904. The line which was metre gauge has been completely converted into broad gauge and train services started.