Kundara railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the historic industrial town, see Kundara.

Kundara
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
Location	Elampalloor, Kundara, Kollam, Kerala India
Coordinates	8.9603°N 76.6781°E / 8.9603; 76.6781
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	KUV
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1904 (1904)
Electrified	No
Passengers
2017–18	744 per day 2,71,601 per year
Route map km to Trivandrum Central 0 Kollam Junction Chemmamukku overpass Kollam Bypass to Kayamkulam Junction TVC MDU 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
Kundara Location within India Kundara Kundara (Kerala)

Kundara railway station (Code: KUV) is a railway station (NSG 6 category) in the historic industrial town of Kollam, Kundara, Kerala. Kundara railway station falls under the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways. The station is one of two railway stations in the industrial town of Kundara. Other one is Kundara East railway station.

Indian Railways connects Kundara with various cities in India like Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Madurai & with various towns like Punalur, Paravur, Kottarakkara, Kayamkulam, Karunagappalli, Varkala, Neyyattinkara & Kanyakumari. The nearest railway stations are Chandanathoppe and Kundara East.

Significance

Kundara railway station has gained significance because of proximity to Kundara Ceramics Limited, Kollam Technopark, Aluminium Industries Limited (ALIND), Kerala Electrical and Allied Engineering Co. Ltd. (KEL), Lakshmi Starch Ltd., etc. All the trains passing through stop at the station.

Services

Train Number	Source	Destination	Name/Type
56715	Punalur	Kanyakumari	Passenger
56332	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56331	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56334	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56700	Madurai	Punalur	Passenger
56333	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56336	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56365	Guruvayur	Punalur	Fast Passenger
56335	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56701	Punalur	Madurai	Passenger
56366	Punalur	Guruvayur	Fast Passenger
56338	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56716	Kanyakumari	Punalur	Passenger
56337	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger

See also

• Kollam Junction railway station
• Karunagappalli railway station
• Paravur railway station
• Punalur railway station
• Kottarakara railway station