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| General information | |||||
| Location | Railway Feeder Rd, Kottar, Nagercoil. PIN – 629 002,Kanyakumari,Tamil Nadu India | ||||
| Coordinates | 8°10′26″N77°26′38″E / 8.174°N 77.444°E /8.174; 77.444 | ||||
| Elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) | ||||
| System |  Indian Railways station | ||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways (India) | ||||
| Operated by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Lines | |||||
| Platforms | 53 Side platforms[1] | ||||
| Tracks | 12 | ||||
| Connections | Auto, Taxi stand, Bus stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At–grade | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Accessible |  | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | NCJ[2] | ||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Thiruvananthapuram | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 17 April 1979; 46 years ago (1979-04-17) | ||||
| Closed | - | ||||
| Rebuilt | - | ||||
| Electrified | 30 kV AC50 Hz | ||||
| Previous names | KANYAKUMARI JUNCTION | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018–19 | 8,318 per day[3]  20.5% (NORMAL) | ||||
| Rank | 9(inTamil Nadu) 6(inTrivandrum division) | ||||
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Nagercoil Junction railway station (station code: NCJ[2]) is an NSG–3 categoryIndian railway station inThiruvananthapuram railway division ofSouthern Railway zone.[4] It is arailway junction inKanyakumari district in the state ofTamil Nadu.
Trivandrum–Nagercoil–Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli–Nagercoil construction projects were inaugurated by the thenPrime minister Mrs.Indira Gandhi on 6 September 1972. The Trivandrum–Nagercoil–Kanniyakumari line was opened on 15 April 1979. Nagercoil Junction became operational on 15 April 1979. The rail-link to Kanniyakumari was established only in 1979, mainly because establishing a rail line through the district posed some challenges for the rail department and took a lot of efforts, especially the western line. The western line runs through some huge artificial ground-elevations and a number of hill-tunnels.Kanyakumari district is connected through direct train services with all leading metropolitan cities inIndia likeNew Delhi,Mumbai,Chennai andKolkata. The Chennai–Nagercoil sector is the largest profit making line in south India, which brought in₹346 crore (US$41 million) in 2011.[5] Most of the train services from this station were the extended services from nearest major cities such asTirunelveli Junction andThiruvananthapuram Central.
The station has four platforms (6 PFs Post doubling) connecting theKanyakumari–Trivandrum line (West Coast Line) of theThiruvananthapuram railway division to the Chennai– Madurai–Nagercoil line[6]
It is one of the 75 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation underAmrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.[7][8]
11.38 crore rupees have been allocated for the renovation work of Nagercoil railway station under the Amrit Bharat scheme.[9]
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