Mavelikara railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the town, see Mavelikara.

Mavelikara
Express train and Passenger train station
Mavelikara railway station
Location	Mavelikkara, Alappuzha, Kerala India
Coordinates	8.9603°N 76.6781°E / 8.9603; 76.6781
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MVLK
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
Fare zone	Indian Railways
Classification	NSG-5
History
Opened	1958 (1958)
Electrified	25 kV AC 50 Hz
Passengers
2,186 per day Annual Passengers – 7,97,747 (2018–19)
Route map km to Alappuzha 0 Ernakulam Junction to Aluva 3 Ernakulam D Cabin A L Jacob overpass Kaloor Road Ponnurunni overpass NH 66 Kaniyampuzha River Eroor overpass NH 85 10 Tripunithura Hill Palace Road 14 Chottanikkara Road Arakunnam overpass 17 Mulanturutti Mulanturutti Block Road 22 Kanjiramittam Muvattupuzha River 29 Piravam Road SH 40 35 Vaikom Road SH 15 Chullithodu Valiyathodu River 38 Kaduturutti Halt Malliyoor Bypass North overpass 42 Kuruppanthara Malliyoor Bypass South overpass 49 Ettumanur Ettumanur overpass SH 32 Meenachil River Kumaranalloor overpass 56 Kumaranallur Meenachil River SH 1 60 Kottayam overpass Mother Teresa Road NH 183 Kodoor River Puthupally Road Sree Durga Temple Road 67 Chingavanam Paruthumpara Road overpass Chethipuzha Kurichy Road Kurichy overpass Plamoodu overpass Vazhoor Road 78 Changanasseri Kaviyoor Road Kuttapuzha Road 86 Tiruvalla SH 7 Manimala River Varattar River overpass Pamba River NH 183 95 Chengannur SH 10 SH 10 101 Cheriyanad Achankovil River SH 10 Kallumala overpass Kattanam Road 107 Mavelikara Pullamplavil underpass Mavellikara - Kayamkulam Road to Alappuzha 115 Kayamkulam Junction SH 5 121 Ochira Chakkuvally Road 129 Karunagappalli Kottarakkara Road Thodiyur overpass Pallikkal River 136 Sasthamkotta NH 183A Kanatharkunnam overpass Kallada River 139 Munroturuttu Kallumthazham overpass Chemmanmukku overpass Pezhumthuruthu Perumon Lake Perumon overpass 147 Perinad NH 183 NH 744 to Punalur Kollam Bypass Chemmamukku overpass 156 Kollam Junction to Thiruvananthapuram Central
Location
Mavelikara Location within India Mavelikara Mavelikara (Kerala)

Mavelikara railway station (Code: MVLK) is a railway station (NSG 5 Category) in Alappuzha district, Kerala and falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways. The station is served by several long-distance trains connecting most major cities in the country like Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Madgaon, Nagpur, Nagercoil, Pune, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Guwahati, Mumbai and New Delhi.

History

Mavelikara rail link came into existence in 1958 when Ernakulam–Kottayam metre-gauge railway line was extended to Kollam Junction. The railway line between Trivandrum Central and Ernakulam Junction via Kottayam was converted to broad gauge in 1976.

Significance

Mavelikara railway station is the nearest rail station to pilgrimage places like Pandalam, Chettikulangara Devi Temple and Kandiyoor Sree Mahadeva Temple.

See also

• Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line
• Koyilandy
• Chengannur
• Kayamkulam
• Karunagappalli
• Thiruvananthapuram railway division
• Kottayam

External links

• Mavelikara railway station at the India Rail Info