Thiruvananthapuram Pettah railway station

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Thiruvananthapuram Pettah Trivandrum Pettah
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
Coordinates	8°29′42″N 76°55′55″E / 8.495°N 76.932°E / 8.495; 76.932
Elevation	18 metres (59 ft)
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Parking	Limited surface parking
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	TVP
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	ThiruvananthapuramTooltip Thiruvananthapuram railway division
History
Electrified	Yes
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
Location Thiruvananthapuram Pettah Location within India Show map of India Thiruvananthapuram Pettah Thiruvananthapuram Pettah (Kerala) Show map of Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram Pettah railway station (station code: TVP) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a railway station for inter-city trains, located at Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala.^[2] The station is only 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from the Thiruvananthapuram Central station. Most incoming trains from Kollam direction (from north) halt here for the convenience of passengers in the general area and to reduce the crowd at Thiruvananthapuram Central.^{[citation needed]} But very few outgoing trains to north have a halt at Pettah.