Kanniyakumari Terminus railway station

Kanniyakumari Terminus Cape Comorin
Express train & Passenger train station
A platform of the station
General information
Location	National Highway 44, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu,
Coordinates	8°5′16″N 77°32′48″E
Elevation	36 metres (118 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Nagercoil – Kanniyakumari railway line
Platforms	6
Tracks	7
Connections	Taxi stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Depth	200 feet
Platform levels	1
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning (doubling)
Station code	CAPE
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
History
Opened	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Closed	PARTIALLY
Rebuilt	UNDERGOING
Electrified	Yes
Services
10
Route map km to Tirunelveli Junction 0 Nagercoil Junction to Thiruvananthapuram Central 12 Suchindram 16 Kanniyakumari
Location Kanniyakumari Location within India Show map of India Kanniyakumari Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) Show map of Tamil Nadu

Kanniyakumari railway station, (formerly Cape Comorin railway station)(station code: CAPE) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a railway terminus of the Indian Railways serving the coastal town of Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu.^[2]

Administration

It is a part of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It's the southernmost railway station in India. The Kanyakumari rail station is located in the heart of Kanyakumari and is only 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away from Kanyakumari beach.

Projects and development

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.^[3]

New lines in proposal

Indian Railways were planning for East Coast Railway Route starting from Chennai to Kanyakumari via Cuddalore, Karaikudi, Ramanathapuram, Tuticorin. The surveys were gone on a phase by phase manner and submitted for approvals, the Railway board currently shelved the project.^[4]

References

1. "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. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
2. Bhandari, Shashwat (25 May 2022). "From Rameswaram to Kanyakumari, how 5 Tamil Nadu railway stations will look after redevelopment". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
3. "AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS". Press Information Bureau. New Delhi. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
4. "New railway line along ECR dropped, Chennai-Cuddalore link may get nod next year". 19 November 2018.

External links

• Kanniyakumari Terminus railway station at the India Rail Info