Eravipuram railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the town, see Eravipuram. For the city, see Kollam.

Eravipuram railway station or Iravipuram railway station (Code:IRP) is one among the 4 railway stations serving the Indian city of Kollam, Kerala. Eravipuram railway station falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.^[1][2] It is a 'F-Class' halt railway station. The annual passenger earnings from Eravipuram railway station during 2011–2012 was Rs. 5,85,813.

Eravipuram
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
General information
Location	Eravipuram, Kollam, Kerala India
Coordinates	8.867389°N 76.623444°E / 8.867389; 76.623444
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Kollam Junction–Thiruvananthapuram Central
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	IRP
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Electrified	25 kV AC 50 Hz
Route map Kollam Junction–Thiruvananthapuram Central trunk line Legend km to Ernakulam to Sengottai 0 Kollam Junction Chinnakada overpass SP Office overpass 4.6 Eravipuram 8.9 Mayyanad Paravur Lake 12.4 Paravur Paravur town overpass Edava Lake 17.0 Kappil H. 19.9 Edava 23.7 Varkala Maithanam underpass 30.1 Akathumuri 32.8 Kadakkavoor Kadakkavoor overpass 35.9 Chirayinkeezhu 40.0 Perunguzhi 43.2 Murukkampuzha 47.2 Kaniyapuram Kazhakuttam overpass 51.3 Kazhakuttam 57.5 Kochuveli Chakka overpass 62.1 Pettah Kizhakkekotta overpass 64.6 Thiruvananthapuram Central to Nagercoil Junction This diagram: view talk edit
Location Eravipuram Location within India Show map of India Eravipuram Eravipuram (Kerala) Show map of Kerala

Eravipuram is about 5.3 km away from Kollam city.^[3] Eravipuram is well connected with various cities like Kollam, Trivandrum, Kottayam, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari and towns like Paravur, Punalur, Kayamkulam, Karunagappalli, Kottarakkara, Varkala, Chirayinkeezh through Indian Railways.^[4]

Services

Train number	Source	Destination	Name/Type
56307	Kollam Junction	Trivandrum Central	Passenger
56700	Madurai	Punalur	Passenger
66304	Kollam Junction	Kanyakumari	MEMU
56309	Kollam Junction	Trivandrum Central	Passenger
56304	Nagercoil	Kottayam	Passenger
56701	Punalur	Madurai	Passenger
56308	Trivandrum Central	Kollam Junction	Passenger
66305	Kanyakumari	Kollam Junction	MEMU

See also

• Eravipuram
• Kollam
• Paravur
• Karunagappalli railway station
• Kollam Junction railway station
• Paravur railway station

References

1. "Eravipuram Railway Station(IRP)". Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
2. Demand for flyover at Eravipuram
3. Eravipuram Railway Station to Kollam City
4. Eravipuram Railway Station India Rail Info