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{{Short description|Railway line in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox rail line
| other_name =
| box_width = 25em
| name = Nagercoil–Tirunelveli railway line
| native_name = நாகர்கோவில்-திருநெல்வேலி ரயில் பாதை
| native_name_lang = ta
| color =
| logo =
| logo_width =
| image = Nagercoil_Junction_Railway_Station.JPG
| caption = Main Building of the {{rws|Nagercoil Junction}} station
| image_width = 300px
| type = [[Regional rail]]<br>[[Light rail]]
| system = Electrified
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Tamilnadu]]
| start = {{rws|Nagercoil Junction}} ('''NCJ''')
| end = {{rws|Tirunelveli Junction}} ('''TEN''')
| stations = 9
| routes = 1
| daily_ridership =
| open = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1981}}<ref name="budget82">{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1982-83.pdf|date=23 February 1982|title= Railway Budget speech 1982-83|website=www.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=[[Government of India]], [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]}}</ref>
| event1label =
| event1 =
| close =
| owner = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| operator = {{rwd|Thiruvananthapuram}}<br>{{rwd|Madurai}}
| character =
| depot =
| stock = WAP-1, [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] electric locos; WDS-6, [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]], WDM-3A, [[EMD GT46PAC|WDP-4]] and WDG-3A, [[EMD GT46PAC|WDG-4]]
| linelength = {{convert|73|km}}
| tracklength =
| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}}
| old_gauge =
| load_gauge = {{convert|4725|x|3660|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} ([[Broad gauge|BG]])<ref name=gauge>{{cite book|title=Railway Track Engineering|year=2010|publisher=[[Tata McGraw Hill]]|location=[[New Delhi]]|isbn=978-0-07-068012-8|page=7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6XrJJIxQTEC&q=loading+gauge+india&pg=PA7|author=J S Mundrey|edition=Fourth|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
| minradius =
| racksystem =
| electrification = [[Overhead catenary]]
| speed = {{convert|100|km/h}}<ref name="speed">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/nagercoil-junction-to-get-two-crossing-stations/article5420320.ece|title=The Trivandrum division has also decided to increase the speed of trains|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 December 2013|location= [[Nagercoil]]}}</ref>
| elevation =
| website = {{URL|http://southernrailway.gov.in:80/sr/indexhome.jsp |Southern Railway}}
| map = {{Tirunelveli–Nagercoil (Kanyakumari)–Trivandrum Central line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
[[File:Function Details.jpg|thumb|right|Foundation Stone]]

The ''Nagercoil–Tirunelveli line'' connects the cities of [[Tirunelveli]] and [[Nagercoil]] in the state of [[Tamilnadu]] in [[Southern Railway zone]]. [[Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line]] and Tirunelveli–Nagercoil construction projects were inaugurated by Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] on 6 September 1972. The maximum speed of trains running between Tirunelveli to Nagercoil is 100 km per hour.<ref name="speed" />

==History and timeline==

*1955-1956: Survey for this line was sanctioned.<ref name="budget56">{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1956-57.pdf|date=23 February 1956|title= Railway Budget speech 1956-57|website=www.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=[[Government of India]], [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]}}</ref>
*1964-1965: The survey completed.<ref name="budget65">{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1965-66.pdf|date=18 February 1965|title= Railway Budget speech 1965-66|website=www.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=[[Government of India]], [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]}}</ref>
*6 September 1972: The inauguration of the construction project by the then Prime minister Mrs.[[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="budget73">{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1973-74.pdf|date=20 February 1973|title= Railway Budget speech 1973-74|website=www.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=[[Government of India]], [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]}}</ref>
*1981: The line have been opened to traffic.<ref name="budget82" />

== Stations ==
There are 9 railway stations along the stretch. The major stations are {{rws|Nagercoil Junction}}, Aralvaymoli, Valliyur, Nanguneri and {{rws|Tirunelveli Junction}}. The details of the railway stations with annual earnings in 2016-2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1522740292720-ANNUAL%20EARNINGS.pdf |title=Southern Railway - Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2016-17 |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> is shown below.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:125px;
|+
|-
!Sl. No
!Station Name
!Category<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174916|title=Minister of Railways directs to re-categorize railway stations taking into account earnings, passenger footfall, strategic importance|website=pib.nic.in}}</ref> (based on Earnings 2011-12)
!Earnings during 2016-17 (in INR)
!Total no. of passengers booked during 2016-17
!Pass per day
!Daily average earnings during 2016-17 (in INR)
|-
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |1
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |{{rws|Nagercoil Junction}} (NCJ)
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |NSG 3/A
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |464332656
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |2380085
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |6521
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |1272144
|-
|2
|Tovalai (THX)
|HG 3/F
|215745
|16509
|45
|591
|-
|3
|Aralvaymoli (AAY)
|NSG 6/E
|3572159
|44755
|123
|9787
|-
|4
|North Panakudi (NPK)
|NSG 6/E
|1479006
|18464
|51
|4052
|-
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |5
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |Valliyur (VLY)
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |NSG 5/D
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |73942307
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |264688
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |725
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |202582
|-
|6
|Nanguneri (NNN)
|NSG 5/D
|15122696
|104161
|285
|41432
|-
|7
|Sengulam (SGLM)
|NSG 6/E
|96070
|1819
|5
|263
|-
|8
|Melappalaiyam (MP)
|HG 3/F
|191390
|11225
|31
|524
|-
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |9
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |{{rws|Tirunelveli Junction}} (TEN)
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |NSG 3/A
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |854317786
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |4734404
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |12971
|style="background: #87CEEB;" |2340597
|-
|}

''**Note:-''

# ''Stations with blue background - Stations generating Rs. 2,00,00,000(Rs. 2 Crore) or more in a financial year.''
# ''The criteria for categorization of stations have now been revised to include footfalls at the station. The stations have been clubbed into three groups -- Non-suburban (NS), Suburban (S) and Halt (H). These groups have further been put in grades ranging from NSG 1-6, SG 1-3 and HG 1-3, respectively''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/railways-revise-station-categories-to-improve-services/articleshow/62280609.cms|title=Railways revise station categories to improve services|work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

== Electrification & track doubling ==
The section is fully electrified. Track doubling work is in progress<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/thiruvananthapuram-kanyakumari-doubling-to-begin-on-jan-23/article22431920.ece|title=Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari doubling to begin on Jan 23|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 January 2018 |location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]}}</ref> and expected to finished in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/railways-begin-doubling-work/article22492997.ece|title=Railways begin doubling work|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 January 2018 |location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]}}</ref>

==Rail Traffic==
Around 25 trains running through this line including super-fast, express and passenger services. More trains are expected to be introduced along the route with the completion of track doubling.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Thiruvananthapuram railway division}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagercoil - Tirunelveli line}}
[[Category:Thiruvananthapuram railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1979]]
[[Category:Transport in Nagercoil]]
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Tirunelveli]]

Nagercoil–Tirunelveli line - Revision history

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