Kadakkavoor railway station

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Kadakkavoor
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
General information
Location Kadakkavoor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
India
Coordinates 8°40′44″N76°46′04″E / 8.678773243352154°N 76.76773565483613°E / 8.678773243352154; 76.76773565483613
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Southern Railway zone
Line(s) Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line
Platforms3
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeAt–grade
ParkingAvailable
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Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeKVU
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Thiruvananthapuram
Fare zone Indian Railways
History
Opened1912;111 years ago (1912)
Rebuilt2018
Electrifiedyes
Passengers
annual 3,52,937 967/day
Location
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Kadakkavoor
Location in Kerala
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Kadakkavoor
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Kadakkavoor railway station (Code: KVU) is a NSG 6 D category railway station in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala and falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways. It is situated in Kadakkavur panchayat of Trivandrum district. Kadakkavur is the 8th most revenue generating railway station in Trivandrum district.

Trains passing through Kadakkavur

Train numberTrain name
56700 Madurai-Kollam Passenger
16382 Kanyakumari–Mumbai Express
16127 Chennai Egmore–Guruvayur Express
16347 Thiruvananthapuram Central–Mangalore Central Express
16629 Malabar Express
16302 Venad Express
16525 Island Express
56304 Nagercoil–Kottayam Passenger
56304 Nagercoil–Kottayam Passenger
56308 Thiruvananthapuram–Kollam Passenger
16304 Vanchinad Express


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