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{{Infobox rail
|railroad_name = Thiruvananthapuram railway division
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|image_caption = Thiruvananthapuram Central Station
|locale = [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|start_year = {{Start date|df=yes|1979|10|02}}
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|gauge = {{Railgauge|1676mm}}
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|electrification = [[25 kV AC]] [[50 Hz]]
|length = 625 km
|hq_city = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
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'''Thiruvananthapuram railway division''' is one of the six administrative divisions of the [[Southern Railway Zone]] of [[Indian Railways|the Indian Railways]]. It has its headquarters at [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital city of the state of [[Kerala]] and It is 5th largest railway division in Southern Railway. Thiruvananthapuram Division, formed on 2 October 1979, serves eight districts of
the southern part of the Kerala state and some parts of Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu. With 104 stations in its territorial jurisdiction, it is the fourth largest out of six divisions in Southern Railway. It is the southernmost railway division of India and manages 625 km of route track and 108 railway stations in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The major stations of the division are [[Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station|Thiruvananthapuram Central]], [[Ernakulam Junction railway station|Ernakulam Junction]], [[Kollam Junction railway station|Kollam Junction]], [[Thrissur railway station|Thrissur]], [[Kottayam Railway Station|Kottayam]], [[Ernakulam Town railway station|Ernakulam Town]], [[Chengannur Railway Station|Chengannur]], [[Kayamkulam Junction railway station|Kayamkulam]], [[Aluva railway station|Aluva]], [[Nagercoil Junction railway station|Nagercoil Junction]], [[Kanniyakumari railway station|Kanniyakumari]], [[Alappuzha railway station|Alappuzha]], [[Changanasseri railway station|Changanasseri]], [[Tiruvalla railway station|Tiruvalla]], [[Kochuveli railway station|Kochuveli]], [[Varkala Sivagiri railway station|Varkala]].

==Major routes==
* [[Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line]]
*Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari Line
*Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam
*Ernakulam-Alappuzha-Kayamkulam-Kollam
*Ernakulam-Kottayam-Kayamkulam-Kollam
*Sabari Railway line (Planned)
*Balaramapuram-Vizhinjam seaport (Planned)
*Thakazhi-Thiruvalla (Project Abandoned)
*Kottayam-Madurai-Ernakulam (Thripunithura-Muvattupuzha, Idukki. Project abandoned due to lack of interest)
*Airport line (Connecting Ernakulam Junction with the International Airport through a new halt station. The foundation stone was laid in 2010. Project abandoned due to lack of interest and land acquisition problems).

*
==Stations==
The list includes the stations under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division and their station category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1559554713747-ANNUAL%20EARNINGS.pdf |title=Annual originating passengers and earnings for the year 2018-19 - Thiruvananthapuram Division|publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#fff;"
|-
! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | Category of station
! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | No. of stations
! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | Names of stations
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''NSG-1''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''NSG-2''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | {{stnlnk|Trivandrum Central}}, {{stnlnk|Ernakulam Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Thrissur}}
|-

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''NSG-3''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | {{stnlnk|Ernakulam Town}}, {{stnlnk|Kollam Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Aluva}}, {{stnlnk|Kottayam}}, {{stnlnk|Chengannur}}, {{stnlnk|Nagercoil Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Kayamkulam Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Alappuzha}}, {{stnlnk|Kochuveli}}

|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''NSG-4''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" |
{{stnlnk|Tiruvalla}}, {{stnlnk|Kanniyakumari}}, {{stnlnk|Changanasseri}}, {{stnlnk|Varkala Sivagiri}}, {{stnlnk|Angamaly}}

|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''NSG-5''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''NSG-6''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''HG 1''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''HG 2''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''HG 3''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Total'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''-'''
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|}

==Terminal facilities==
Thiruvananthapuram railway division has the credit of building and maintaining highest number of passenger terminals in any railway division within southern railway.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} Passenger terminals are operational at
[[Alappuzha railway station|Alappuzha]],
[[Ernakulam Junction railway station|Ernakulam Jn]],
[[Thiruvananthapuram Central]],
[[Kollam Junction railway station|Kollam Jn]],
[[Nagercoil Junction railway station|Nagercoil Jn]],
and [[Kochuveli]].

New passenger terminals are proposed at Kochi Central (Ponnurunni), Kochuveli, and [[Nemom]].

==MEMU/suburban trains==
[[File:Memu DSCN4598.jpg|thumb|right|A [[MEMU]] train near [[Kollam MEMU Shed]]]]
A MEMU shed for [[Kollam]] was proposed in 2008's Indian Railway Budget. [[Kollam MEMU Shed|Kollam MEMU CarShed]] was formally commissioned on 1 December 2013. Currently the MEMU trains runs between [[Kollam Junction]] to [[Greater Cochin]] region via [[Kottayam]] and via [[Alappuzha]]. The fastest three phase ICF Memu cars are plying in this section.<ref>Kollam - Ernakulam Memu ''[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040919/kochi-faster-3-phase-memu-deployed.html]''</ref> [[Kollam]] [[MEMU]] Shed is the second MEMU Shed in Kerala, which is equipped with most modern facilities. There was a plan initially to conduct suburban railway between Trivandrum Central to Chengannur and Haripad at regular intervals. But due to lack of dedicated lines and automated signalling system on the state the project was abandoned

==Freight traffic==
The freight traffic marked an all-time high record with Rs 466.41 crore earnings in the financial year 2017-2018 and there is a hike of Rs 115.51 crore, when compared to the freight earnings in previous year. [[Kochi Refineries]] shared the highest freight traffic followed by FACT Kochi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Record freight earnings from Thiruvananthapuram division |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/record-freight-earnings-from-thiruvananthapuram-division/articleshow/63586864.cms|newspaper=TOI|date=2 April 2018|edition=Thiruvananthapuram}}</ref>

==Traffic & passenger earnings details of railway stations==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%" width= align=
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
!Rank||Station name||District||Area||Total passengers<br />(2018–19)||Total ticket revenue<br />(2018–19)
|-
| 1||[[Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station|Thiruvananthapuram Central]]||Thiruvananthapuram||South Kerala||1,42,92,407||₹1,93,14,10,719
|-
| 2||[[Ernakulam Junction railway station|Ernakulam Junction]]||Ernakulam||Central Kerala||93,39,152||₹1,53,68,38,174
|-
| 3||[[Thrissur railway station|Thrissur]]||Thrissur||Central Kerala||67,81,646||₹1,08,50,11,153
|-
| 4||[[Ernakulam Town railway station|Ernakulam Town]]||Ernakulam||Central Kerala||43,47,498||₹70,36,73,117
|-
| 5||[[Kollam Junction railway station|Kollam Junction]]||Kollam||South Kerala||84,99,151||₹67,45,38,284
|-
| 6||[[Aluva railway station|Aluva]]||Ernakulam||Central Kerala||42,20,114||₹63,55,44,911
|-
| 7||[[Kottayam railway station|Kottayam]]||Kottayam||South Kerala||44,96,320||₹57,22,27,243
|-
| 8||[[Nagercoil Junction railway station|Nagercoil Junction]]||Kanniyakumari||South Tamil Nadu||30,35,955||₹54,88,20,540
|-
| 9||[[Chengannur railway station|Chengannur]]||Alappuzha||South Kerala||25,58,898||₹46,51,06,837
|-
| 10||[[Kayamkulam Junction railway station|Kayamkulam Junction]]||Alappuzha||South Kerala||31,24,766||₹35,49,84,400<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1583930511824-ANNUAL%20EARNINGS.pdf|title=Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2018-19 (Thiruvananthapuram Division)|publisher=Southern Railway|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1525083000550-New%20Categories%20of%20Stations-PGT.pdf|title=Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2017-18 (Palakkad Division)|publisher=Southern Railway|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Southern Railway Zone]]
* [[Palakkad railway division]]
* [[Annual passenger earnings details of railway stations in Kerala]]
* [[Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Trivandrum railway division}}
* {{Official website}}

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