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{{Infobox station <br />
| name = Kayalpattinam <br />
| type = [[Express train]] , [[commuter rail]] and [[Passenger train]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways <br />
| image = Kayalpattinam.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_caption = Kayalpattinam station board<br />
| address = L.F Road, [[Kayalpatnam|Kayalpattinam]], [[Thoothukudi district]], [[Tamil Nadu]] <br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|8.568155892040766|78.1025990061576|display=inline,title}} <br />
| elevation = {{convert|7|m}} <br />
| line = Tirunelveli–Tiruchendur branch line <br />
| platform = 1 <br />
| tracks = 1<br />
| structure = Standard on ground station <br />
| parking = Available <br />
| connections = Auto rickshaws, bus <br />
| opened = {{start date and age|1923}} <br />
| rebuilt = {{start date and age|2009}} <br />
| electrified = Yes <br />
| status = Functioning <br />
| accessible = {{Access icon|20px}} <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code <br />
| code = KZY <br />
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]] <br />
| division = {{rwd|Madurai}} }} <br />
| map_type = Tamil Nadu <br />
| map_dot_label = Kayalpattinam railway station <br />
| map_state = collapsed <br />
| route_map = {{Tirunelveli–Tiruchendur branch line}} <br />
}}<br />
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'''Kayalpattinam railway station''' is a station in [[Kayalpatnam|Kayalpattinam]], [[Thoothukudi]] district, in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It belongs to the [[Madurai railway division]].<ref name="map">{{cite web|title=Madurai Division System Map|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1381729275720-Wttmdu.31.12.pdf|website=Southern Railway|access-date=14 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108192724/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1381729275720-Wttmdu.31.12.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Tirunelveli Junction railway station|Tirunelveli]] – [[Tiruchendur railway station|Thiruchendhur]] railway line<ref name=timeline1>{{Cite web|last=R. P. Saxena |title=Indian Railway History Time line |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |work=Irse.bravehost.com |access-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was laid and inaugurated by the [[British Raj|British Indian]] government in 1923 mainly for raw materials export, This region is famous for salt production, in early days salt and sugar were major exports through this route. The 70&nbsp;km meter gauge line was closed 2006 for gauge conversion and the broad gauge line was inaugurated in 2009. This section was electrified on 2022.<br />
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== Services == <br />
*[[Chendur Express]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Departures from KZY |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/3805?bedroll=undefined&}}</ref> is the only direct [[train]] from this station to [[Chennai Egmore|Chennai]]. <br />
* Palakkad Junction–Tiruchendur Passenger (via Palani) (unreserved)<br />
* Tirunelveli–Tiruchendur Passenger (unreserved)<br />
* Tuticorin–Tiruchendur Passenger (unreserved)<br />
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== References == <br />
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== External links == <br />
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{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1942]] <br />
[[Category:Madurai railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Thoothukudi district]]<br />
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