Edamann railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the town, see Edamon. For the nearest major rail-head, see Kollam Junction railway station.

Edamann
Regional rail, light rail & commuter rail station
General information
Location	Edamon, Kollam,, Kerala India
Coordinates	9.0071°N 76.9825°E / 9.0071; 76.9825
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Kollam–Sengottai branch line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	EDN
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1904; 121 years ago (1904)
Closed	2007
Rebuilt	2017
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2022–23	7 per day 2,628 per year
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
Location Edamann Location within India Show map of India Edamann Edamann (Kerala) Show map of Kerala

Edamann railway station (station code:EDN) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It serves Edamann, located on Kollam–Sengottai branch line in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.^[2][3][4][5]

The station was remaining unused till 2017 mid due to gauge conversion works between Punalur and Edamon, announced by Indian Railways on 2012–13 budget.^[6][7]

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was ₹79,675 (US$930) and daily earnings was ₹218 (US$2.60). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 2,628 and daily count was 7. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 28.^[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in India

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. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
2. "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.
3. "Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
4. "Trial runs on Shenkottai route in December". Mathrubhumi. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
5. "Edaman-Punalur trial run a success, covers 8 kms [sic] in 12 minutes". Mathrubhumi. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
6. "New Gauge Conversion Projects Sanctioned in 2012-13". Press Information Bureau – Government of India. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
7. "Trivedi announces number of gauge conversion projects". Wed India 123. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.