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{{short description|Indian railway line}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox rail line
| other_name =
| box_width = 25em
| name = Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari line
| color =
| logo =
| logo_width =
| image = Tvmcentral.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = {{rws|Thiruvananthapuram Central}} Station main building
| type = [[Regional rail]]<br />[[Light rail]]
| system = Electrified
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Kerala]]<br />[[Tamilnadu]]
| start = {{rws|Thiruvananthapuram Central}} ('''TVC''')
| end = {{rws|Kanyakumari}} ('''CAPE''')
| stations = 16
| routes = 1
| daily_ridership =
| open = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1979}}<ref name="budget79">{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1979-80.pdf|date=20 February 1979|title= Railway Budget speech 1979-80|website=www.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=[[Government of India]], [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]}}</ref>
| event1label = Electrification
| event1 = 2012<ref name="electrification">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/first-electric-enginehauled-train-reaches-kanyakumari/article3453286.ece|title=First electric engine-hauled train reaches Kanyakumari|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 May 2012 |location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]}}</ref>
| close =
| owner = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| operator = {{rwd|Thiruvananthapuram}}
| 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|86|km}}
| tracklength =
| tracks = 1
| 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}}''' {{small|(between {{rws|Thiruvananthapuram Central}} and {{rws|Nagercoil Junction}})}}<br />'''{{convert|90|km/h}}''' {{small|(between {{rws|Nagercoil Junction}} and {{rws|Kanyakumari}})}}<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 '''Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line''' is a line in the [[Southern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. It connects the cities [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and [[Nagercoil]]. The railway opened on 15 April 1979.

== History ==
In 1955, a survey for the railway 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> It was completed in 1965, and construction began on 6 September 1972 with a ceremony with Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<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> On 15 April 1979, the line began to operate.<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>

The Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil-Kanyakumari railway line is fully electrified.<ref name="electrification"/> 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 is 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>

== Stations ==
There are 16 railway stations along the line. The major stations are {{rws|Nagercoil Junction}}, {{rws|Nagercoil Town}}, {{rws|Eraniel}}, {{rws|Kulitthurai}}, and {{rws|Neyyattinkara}}. {{rws|Nemom}}, the second satellite passenger terminal to the proposed {{rws|Thiruvananthapuram Central}}, also comes under this section.

The train line has seen financial gain, and its earnings are shown below.<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> Stations in '''bold''' letters generated a minimum of 2 crore.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:250;
|+
|-
! 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><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><ref group="note">Station grouping has been separated into three categories. 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> (based on 2011-12 earnings)
! Earnings during 2016-17
!Total no. of passengers booked during 2016-17
!Passengers per day
! Daily avg. earnings during 2016-17
|-
|'''1'''
|'''{{rws|Thiruvananthapuram Central}} (TVC)'''
|'''NSG 2/ A1'''
|'''1844816371'''
|'''14363426'''
|'''39352'''
|'''5054291'''
|-
|2
|{{rws|Nemom}} (NEM)
|NSG 6/E
|459865
|64823
|178
|1260
|-
|3
|Balaramapuram (BRAM)
|NSG 6/E
|1229900
|189367
|519
|3370
|-
|'''4'''
|'''{{rws|Neyyattinkara}} (NYY)'''
|'''NSG 5/D'''
|'''20004580'''
|'''1814997'''
|'''4973'''
|'''54807'''
|-
|5
|Amaravila Halt (AMVA)
|HG 2/F
|724075
|124130
|340
|1984
|-
|6
|Dhanuvachapuram (DAVM)
|HG 2/F
|2080930
|385654
|1057
|5701
|-
|7
|{{rws|Parassala}} (PASA)
|NSG 5/E
|17622854
|1182863
|3241
|48282
|-
|8
|Kuzhuthurai West (KZTW)
|HG 2/F
|2218990
|257362
|705
|6079
|-
|'''9'''
|'''{{rws|Kulitthurai}}'''
|'''NSG 5/B'''
|'''61304832'''
|'''1337257'''
|'''3664'''
|'''167958'''
|-
|10
|Palliyadi (PYD)
|HG 2/F
|890791
|123953
|340
|2441
|-
|'''11'''
|'''{{rws|Eraniel}} (ERL)'''
|'''NSG 5/D'''
|'''22149696'''
|'''526474'''
|'''1442'''
|'''60684'''
|-
|12
|{{rws|Viranialur}} (VRLR)
|HG 2/F
|607565
|63872
|175
|1665
|-
|13
|{{rws|Nagercoil Town}} (NJT)
|HG 1/F
|14865233
|131912
|361
|40727
|-
|'''14'''
|'''{{rws|Nagercoil Junction}} (NCJ)'''
|'''NSG 3/A'''
|'''464332656'''
|'''2380085'''
|'''6521'''
|'''1272144'''
|-
|15
|{{rws|Suchindram}} (SCH)
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|'''16'''
|'''{{rws|Kanyakumari}} (CAPE)'''
|'''NSG 4/A'''
|'''83780622'''
|'''695368'''
|'''1905'''
|'''503509'''
|-
|}

== Rail traffic ==
Around 35 trains run on the line. The [[Longest train services of Indian Railways|longest-running train service]] in India ('''[[Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express]]''') operates on the line. More trains are expected to be introduced along the route with the completion of track doubling.

The operating speed of trains running between Thiruvananthapuram to Nagercoil ranges from 80 to 100 km per hour. Trains operating from Kanyakumari to Nagercoil run from 75 to 90 km per hour.<ref name="speed"/>

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line - Revision history

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