Kottarakara railway station

Kottarakara railway station (Code: KKZ) is a railway station in the Indian town of Kottarakkara in Kollam district, Kerala.[2] Kottarakara railway station falls under the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.[3] It is a 'D-Class'(NSG 6) Adersh station.[4] Indian railway is connecting Kottarakkara with various cities in India like Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kottayam, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil & with various towns like Punalur, Paravur, Kayamkulam, Karunagappalli, Varkala, Neyyattinkara, Kanyakumari & Valliyur. Neighbourhood railway stations are Ezhukone and Kundara East.

Punalur-Kanyakumari passenger at Kottarakkara

Kottarakara
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
Location	Beside NH-744, Kottarakkara, Kollam, Kerala India
Coordinates	9.0003°N 76.7659°E
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Kollam–Sengottai branch line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Parking	Available
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	KKZ
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Southern Railway zone
Classification	NSG-6
History
Opened	1904
Electrified	No
Passengers
2017–18	1,081 per day[1] 3,94,618 per year
Route map km to Trivandrum Central 0 Kollam Junction to Kayamkulam Junction TVC MDU limits 6 Kilikollur 8 Chandanattop Halt 13 Kundara 15 Kundara East 19 Ezhukone 25 Kottarakara 30 Kuri 37 Auvaneeswarem 45 Punalur Kallada River 55 Edamann 77 Ottakkal 66 Thenmala 13 arch bridge Achankoil River 70 Kazhuthurutty 77 Edapalayam 75 New Aryankavu 79 Aryankavu Kerala Tamil Nadu 87 Bhagavathipuram 93 Sengottai 102 Tenkasi Junction to Virudhunagar Junction to Tirunelveli Junction
Location
Kottarakara Location within India Kottarakara Kottarakara (Kerala)

Services

Train Number	Source	Destination	Name/Type
16791	Tirunelveli Junction	Palakkad	Palaruvi Express
56715	Punalur	Kanyakumari	Passenger
56332	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56331	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56334	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56700	Madurai	Punalur	Passenger
56333	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56336	Kollam Junction	Sengottai	Passenger
56365	Guruvayur	Punalur	Fast Passenger
56335	Sengottai	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56701	Punalur	Madurai	Passenger
56366	Punalur	Guruvayur	Fast Passenger
56338	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56716	Kanyakumari	Punalur	Passenger
56337	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
16792	Palakkad	Tirunelveli Junction	Palaruvi Express

See also

• Kollam Junction railway station
• Karunagappalli railway station
• Paravur railway station
• Punalur railway station
• Kundara railway station

References

1. "Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2017-18 - Madurai Division" (PDF). Southern Railway. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
2. Train Timings-Kottarakara Railway Station
3. Punalur-Kanyakumari Train Service Begins
4. Adersh Railway Stations in India