Kollam Junction railway station

Kollam Junction Quilon Junction
Indian Railways station
From Top: Entrance of Kollam Junction Railway Station, A MEMU train at Kollam railway station, foot overbridge, name board of the station, Kollam MEMU Shed building
General information
Location	Kollam, Kollam District, Kerala India
Coordinates	8°53′10″N 76°35′42″E / 8.8860°N 76.5951°E / 8.8860; 76.5951
Elevation	6.74 metres (22.1 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	QLN–TVC QLN–ERS (via ALLP and KTYM) QLN–SCT (via PUU)
Platforms	6 (1A,1,2,3,4,5)
Tracks	17
Connections	,
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Platform levels	01
Parking	(T1: 100+ cars, T2: 750 cars)
Bicycle facilities
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	QLN
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
Classification	NSG-3
History
Opened	June 1, 1904; 120 years ago (1904-06-01)
Electrified	2001; 23 years ago (2001) 25 kV AC 50 Hz
Previous names	Quilon Junction railway station
Key dates
1902:- 1 Jun 1904:- 1 Jan 1918:- 6 Jan 1958:- 23 Nov 1975:- 2001:- 10 May 2010:- 1 Dec 2013:- 2 Mar 2019	Goods trains service started Station with MG line opened Quilon–Chala service started Became a Junction station BG services to Ernakulam started Line electrification completed Kollam–Punalur BG line opened Kollam MEMU Shed opened Terminal-2 opened
Passengers
2018–19	23,479 per day[1]
Rank	4 (in Kerala) 3 (in Trivandrum division)
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Perinad towards Ernakulam Junction Southern Railway zone Eravipuram towards Thiruvananthapuram Central Kilikollur towards Sengottai
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
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Kollam Junction railway station (station code: QLN^[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[3]) It is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. It is the second largest railway station in Kerala in terms of area and largest in terms of number of tracks and one of the oldest railway stations in the state. It is also the second busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of trains handled per day. World's third longest railway platform is situated at Kollam railway station.^[4][5][6]

Kollam Junction lies on Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line. It is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division. The annual passenger ticket revenue of Kollam railway station is ₹64.23 crore (equivalent to ₹90 crore or US$11 million in 2023) and 23,048 is the daily ridership through this station.^[7] It is one among the few railway stations in Kerala having two terminals with ticket counter facility. Four express trains have been originating from Kollam Junction railway station to South Indian cities of Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati: Visakhapatnam–Kollam Express (weekly),^[8] Anantapuri Express (daily),^[9] Chennai Egmore–Kollam Junction Express (daily),^[10] and Kollam–Tirupati Express (weekly).^[11]