Thiruvananthapuram railway division







































Thiruvananthapuram railway division

Tvmcentral.jpg
Thiruvananthapuram Central Station

Locale
Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Dates of operation October 2, 1979 (1979-10-02)–
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Previous gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Electrification
25 kV AC 50 Hz
Length 625 km
Headquarters
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Thiruvananthapuram railway division (TVC) is one of the six administrative divisions of the Southern Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. It has its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state of Kerala. 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, Varkala Sivagiri Railway station , Ernakulam Jn, Thrissur, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Kollam Jn, Kottayam, Chengannur, Nagercoil Jn, Alappuzha, Kayamkulam Jn, Kanyakumari, and Kochuveli.


See also: Train numbering in India



Contents






  • 1 Terminal facilities


  • 2 MEMU/suburban trains


  • 3 DEMU Service


  • 4 Freight traffic


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Terminal facilities


Thiruvananthapuram railway division has the credit of building and maintaining highest number of passenger terminals in any railway division within southern railway. Passenger terminals are operational at Thiruvananthapuram central, Kollam Jn, Ernakulam, Nagercoil Jn, Alappuzha and Kochuveli. New passenger terminals are proposed at Kanyakumari, Nemom and Kottayam.



MEMU/suburban trains




A MEMU train near Kollam MEMU Shed


A MEMU shed for Kollam was proposed in 2008's Indian Railway Budget. Kollam MEMU CarShed was formally commissioned on 1 December 2013, five years after its completion.[1]Kollam MEMU Shed is the largest MEMU Shed in Kerala, which is equipped with most modern facilities.



DEMU Service


DEMU service will start from Cochin harbour terminus station(CHTS) to eranakulam junction(ERS) from september 26,2018 for one month on experimental basis. It will halt at Mattancheri Halt on both direction.


































Demu Service
Source
 Destination
 Arrival
 Departure
Cochin Harbour Terminus(CHTS)
 Eranakulam Jn(ERS)
 08:00
 08:40
Eranakulam Jn(ERS)
 Cochin Harbour Terminus(CHTS)
 09:00
 09:40
Cochin Harbour Terminus(CHTS)
 Eranakulam Jn(ERS)
 17:00
 17:40
Eranakulam Jn(ERS)
 Cochin Harbour Terminus(CHTS)
 18:20
 19:00


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.[2]



See also



  • Southern Railway Zone

  • Palakkad railway division

  • Annual passenger earnings details of railway stations in Kerala



References





  1. ^ MEMU Maintenance Work Begins in Kollam Kollam MEMU Shed


  2. ^ "Record freight earnings from Thiruvananthapuram division". TOI (Thiruvananthapuram ed.). 2 April 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




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