Kuzhithura railway station

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Kuzhithurai
Light rail station
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The entrance of the station
General information
Location Marthandam, Marthandam, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates 8°18′04″N77°13′07″E / 8.301111°N 77.218611°E / 8.301111; 77.218611
Elevation19 metres (62 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Connections BSicon BUS2.svg Bus, auto & taxi stand Marthandam bus station of the TNSTC
Construction
Structure typeStandard
ParkingAvailable
Accessible Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeKZT
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Trivandrum
History
Opened15 April 1979;44 years ago (1979-04-15)
ElectrifiedYes 25 kV AC 50 Hz
Passengers
50000

Kuzhithurai railway station (Station code: KZT) is the second-biggest station in Kanyakumari district (NSG 5 Category). For train transportation the Marthandam is the main hub for Kalkulam and Vilavancode talukas. The Kalkulam and Vilavancode talukas have the population around seven lakes. The Kuzhithurai station is found to be centered between Trivandrum–Kanniyakumari railway route. This railway station collection is more than seven crore per annum and a daily passenger patronage of more than 50,000 people. The station has two platforms and falls on the Kanniyakumari–Trivandrum line in the Trivandrum division of the Southern Railway zone. Most of all daily trains passing through the station halt in Kuzhithurai station

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Time Table

Trains halting at Kuzhithurai Railway Station
Train numberTrain NameFromToArrivalFrequency
Mangaluru Central 02:31Daily
16650 Parasuram Express Nagercoil Junction Mangaluru Central 04:34Daily
16128 Guruvayur - Chennai Egmore Express Guruvayur Chennai Egmore 04:42Daily
16729Madurai - Punalur Express Madurai Junction Punalur 05:14Daily
56310Nagercoil - Thiruvananthapuram Central Passenger Nagercoil Junction Thiruvananthapuram Central 07:09Daily
56311Thiruvananthapuram Central - Nagercoil Passenger Thiruvananthapuram Central Nagercoil Junction 07:44Daily
56318Nagercoil - Kochuveli Passenger Nagercoil Junction Kochuveli 08:34Daily
16382 Kanyakumari - Mumbai CSMT Express Kanyakumari Mumbai - Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaj Terminus 09:25Daily
16381 Mumbai - Kanyakumari Express Mumbai - Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaj Terminus Kanyakumari 09:49Daily
16723 Ananthapuri Express Chennai Egmore Kollam Junction 10:!5Daily
56715Punalur - Kanyakumari Passenger Punalur Kanyakumari 10:27Daily
16525 Kanyakumari - KSR Bengaluru Express Kanyakumari Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna - Bengaluru 10:54Daily
22628 Thiruvananthapuram- Tiruchirappalli Intercity Superfast Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Tiruchirappalli Junction 12:24Daily
56317Kochuveli - Nagercoil Passenger Kochuveli Nagercoil Junction 12:55Daily
56304Nagercoil - Kottayam Passenger Nagercoil Junction Kottayam 12:59Daily
66304Kollam - Kanyakumari MEMU Kollam Junction Kanyakumari 13:44Daily
22627 Tiruchirappalli - Thiruvananthapuram Intercity Superfast Express Tiruchirappalli Junction Thiruvananthapuram Central 14:24Daily
16526 KSR Bengaluru - Kanyakumari Express Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna - Bengaluru Kanyakumari 14:34Daily
16317 Himsagar Express Kanyakumari Shri Matha Vaishnov Devi Katra 15:14Friday
56716Kanyakumari - Punalur Passenger Kanyakumari Punalur 15:24Daily
16724Ananthapuri Express Kollam Junction Chennai Egmore 17:00Daily
66305Kanyakumari - Kollam MEMU Kanyakumari Kollam Junction 17:29Daily
56315Thiruvananthapuram Central - Nagercoil Passenger Thiruvananthapuram Central Nagercoil Junction 18:05Daily
56316Nagercoil - Thiruvananthapuram Central Passenger Nagercoil Junction Thiruvananthapuram Central 18:55Daily
56313Thiruvananthapuram Central - Nagercoil Passenger Thiruvananthapuram Central Nagercoil Junction 18:55Daily
16649 Parasuram Express Mangaluru Central Nagercoil Junction 19:50Daily
16318 Himsagar Express Shri Matha Vaishnov Devi Katra Kanyakumari 20:26Thursday
16730Punalur - Madurai Express Punalur Madurai Junction 21:37Daily
16127 Chennai Egmore - Guruvayur Express Chennai Egmore Guruvayur 22:15Daily
16605 Ernad Express Mangaluru Central Nagercoil Junction 22:44Daily

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