Kundara railway station

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

Kundara railway station (station code:KUV) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone, serving the city of Kollam.^[1] It serves Kundara, located in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. The station is one among the four railway stations serving the city of Kollam. Other railway stations in the city are Kollam Junction railway station,Kilikollur railway station and Eravipuram railway station. ^[2][3]

Kundara
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Elampalloor, Kundara, Kollam, Kerala India
Coordinates	8.96029°N 76.67821°E / 8.96029; 76.67821
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; 120 years ago (1904)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2022–23	259,448 per year 711 per day
Route map Kollam–Sengottai branch line km to Trivandrum Central 0 Kollam Junction Chemmamukku overpass Kollam Bypass to Kayamkulam Junction TVCTooltip Thiruvananthapuram railway division MDUTooltip Madurai railway division 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 Show map of India Kundara Kundara (Kerala) Show map of Kerala

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.^[4][5]

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station were ₹6,613,959 (US$79,000) and daily earnings were ₹18,120 (US$220). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 259,448 and daily count was 711. While the footfall per day was recorded as 1005.^[2]

Services

All 18 passing through trains have a halt at Kundara railway station. Five of these are long distance express trains.

Major express trains on this route -

• Palaruvi Express
• Kollam Junction–Chennai Egmore Express
• Ernakulam–Velankanni Express
• Madurai Express
• Madurai - Guruvayur Express
• Tambaram Special Fare AC Special
• Punalur - Nagarcoil Passenger

These services connect Chennai, Madurai,Velankanni,Nagarcoil and Tuticorin cities with Kundara.^[6]

See also

• List of railway stations in India

References

1. "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
2. "Annual Originating Passengers & Earnings for the year 2022-23" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
3. "Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
4. Punalur-Kanyakumari Train Service Begins
5. Punalur-Guruvayur train flagged off
6. "After 19 years, Chennai–Kollam regular train service to resume from Monday". The New Indian Express. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.