Punalur railway station

Punalur
Express train, Passenger train and Commuter rail station
General information
LocationNedumkayam, Punalur, Kollam district, Kerala
India
Coordinates9°01′23″N 76°54′58″E / 9.023°N 76.916°E / 9.023; 76.916
Elevation6.74 metres (22.1 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Kollam–Sengottai chord line
Platforms2
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codePUU
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Madurai
Fare zoneSouthern Railway zone
ClassificationNSG-6
History
Opened1902 (1902)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2016–171774 per day [1]
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Auvaneeswaram
towards ?
Southern Railway zone Edamann
towards ?
Route map

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.

  1. ^ "Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2016-17 - Madurai Division" (PDF). Southern Railway. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ^ "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. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Railway and Bus Service". Kollam district. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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