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Kollam Junction കൊല്ലം ജംഗ്ഷന്‍
Junction station
From Top: Entrance of Kollam Junction Railway Station, A MEMU train at Kollam railway station, Foot over bridge, Name board of the station, Kollam MEMU Shed building
Location	Kollam, Kollam District, Kerala India
Coordinates	8°53′10″N 76°35′42″E / 8.8860°N 76.5951°E / 8.8860; 76.5951Coordinates: 8°53′10″N 76°35′42″E / 8.8860°N 76.5951°E / 8.8860; 76.5951
Elevation	6.74 metres (22.1 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	•Kollam Junction-Thiruvananthapuram Central •Kollam Junction-Ernakulam Junction (via Alappuzha and Kottayam) •Kollam Junction-Sengottai
Platforms	6 (1A,1,2,3,4,5)
Tracks	17
Connections	,
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Platform levels	01
Parking
Bicycle facilities
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	QLN
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram
History
Opened	June 1, 1904; 114 years ago (1904-06-01)
Electrified	25 kV AC 50 Hz
Previous names	Quilon Junction Railway Station
Traffic
Passengers (2017-18)	23,048 per day[1]
Rank	4 (in Kerala) 3 (in Trivandrum division)
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Perinad Southern Railway zone Kollam Junction-Thiruvananthapuram Central Eravipuram
Route map km to Kayamkulam Junction to Sengottai via Punalur Kallumthazham Overpass Chemmanmukku Overpass 0 Kollam Junction Chinnakada Overpass FCI Siding SP Office Overpass 4 Eravipuram Arattukulam 9 Mayyanad Paravur Lake 12 Paravur Paravur town Overpass Kilimukkam Lake 17 Kappil 20 Edavai 24 Varkala VarkalaUnderpass 30 Akathumuri Anchuthengu Kayal 33 Kadakkavoor Vamanapuram River 36 Chirayinkeezhu 40 Perunguzhi Kadinamkulam Lake 43 Murukkampuzha 47 Kaniyapuram 51 Kazhakoottam 54 Veli Veli Lake 58 Kochuveli 62 Thiruvananthapuram Pettah 65 Trivandrum Central Overpass to Nagercoil Junction This diagram: view talk edit
Location
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Kollam Junction railway station (station code: QLN) is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. It is the second largest railway station in Kerala in terms of area and is one of the oldest railway stations in the state. World's second longest railway platform is situated at Kollam railway station.^[2][3][4]

Kollam Junction lies on Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram trunk line. It is operated by the Southern Railway Zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division. The annual passenger ticket revenue of Kollam railway station is ₹64.23 crore (US$8.9 million) and 23,048 is the daily ridership through this station.^[5] Three express trains have been operating from Kollam Junction railway station to South Indian cities of Chennai and Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam–Kollam Express (weekly)^[6], Anantapuri Express (daily)^[7] and Tambaram–Kollam Express (special tri-weekly).^[8]

History

Kollam railway station in 1905

Kollam was the fifth city in Kerala to be connected to the nascent Indian Railway. The idea of a rail link from Tirunelveli to Kollam, then the trading capital of the Travancore Kingdom was first conceived in 1873. The line was sanctioned by the Madras Presidency in 1899 and a survey completed in 1900. The railway line was built jointly by South Indian railway, Travancore state and the Madras Presidency. Kollam's (in English - Quilon) railway station was built in 1904 by Sree Moolam Tirunal Rama Varma, Maharaja of Travancore. It was the ruler’s desire to create a rail link between Kollam, the then commercial capital of his State and Madras.^[9] The meter gauge line from Kollam to Punalur was inaugurated on 1 June 1904. The Kollam-Sengottai railway line was inaugurated on 26 November 1904. The meter gauge line was later extended to Chala at Trivandrum via Paravur and Varkala and inaugurated on 4 January 1918^[10] The meter gauge railway line from Kollam was extended to Ernakulam via Kottayam on 6 January 1958. The meter gauge lines between Kollam and Ernakulam were converted to broad gauge in 1975 and inaugurated on 13 September 1976. The broad gauge conversion between the Punalur and Kollam sections was inaugurated on 12 May 2010.

There was once a 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) meter gauge line connecting Quilon Junction and Ashramam Maidan. During the inauguration of the Kollam-Punalur meter gauge line in 1904, parts of locomotives which were to be used for Quilon-Schencottah line were shipped to Quilon Port from Tuticorin Port. They were assembled at the Ashramam Maidan, which was an open ground. The line was laid to carry these locomotives to the main station. The line was dismantled in 2000 to allow for town expansion.

Layout

There are a total of 17 tracks in the Kollam railway station, 2 lines are passing through the MEMU shed. The station has 6 platforms for handling long distance, passenger, MEMU & goods trains. The platform 1 is divided into two sections. Platform 1A handles the trains to Punalur-Sengottai line and platform 1 handles trains towards Trivandrum Central. The platform 1 and 1A together have a length of 1,180.5 m making them together the second longest railway platform in India.^[11] The station has a MEMU shed which is situated near to Platform 1A. An FCI godown owned and operated by Food Corporation of India is also situated near Kollam junction.

Railways in Kerala cities
Cities & connected years 1861 - Kozhikode 1898 - Palakkad 1902 - Kochi 1902 - Thrissur 1904 - Kollam 1907 - Kannur 1907 - Kasargod 1918 - Thiruvananthapuram 1958 - Kottayam 1989 - Alappuzha
Railway lines Kundala Valley Railway Kollam–Sengottai branch line Ernakulam-Kayamkulam coastal railway line Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram trunk line Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section Jolarpettai–Shoranur line Shoranur–Mangalore section Guruvayur–Thrissur spur line Nilambur–Shoranur railway line
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Location

Surrounding transport hubs:

• Nearest Bus Stations: Andamukkam City Bus Stand (1.2 km) & Kollam KSRTC Bus Station (2 km)


• Nearest Sea Port: Kollam Port (3 km)


• Nearest Ferry Terminal: Kollam KSWTD Ferry Terminal (2 km)


• Nearest Airport: Trivandrum International Airport (67 km) & Kollam Helipad(Old Airport) (0.5 km)

Annual passenger earnings

The annual passenger earnings from Kollam railway station shows a steady growth for several decades.^[12]

MEMU Shed

Kollam MEMU Carshed is constructed at a cost of ₹40.68 crore (US$5.7 million), for Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) rakes. It was formally commissioned on 1 December 2013, five years after its completion.^[16] Now the railways is operating 3 pair of Kollam-Ernakulam (via Alappuzha and Kottayam)^[17] via both the routes and a Kollam-Kanyakumari^[18] (via Trivandrum, Nagercoil) services from Kollam. Kollam MEMU Shed is the largest MEMU Shed in Kerala, which is equipped with most modern facilities.

Future

Construction works for the second terminal at Kollam Junction station is inaugurated by Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu on 12 February 2016 and is expected to complete by October 2018.^[19][20] The modernization works of the old terminal including works for lifts, escalators, new air conditioned waiting area etc. have been initiated in the railway station but not yet completed.

Google's High-speed Wi-Fi service

Kollam is among the first 100 railway stations in India selected for providing high-speed Wi-Fi services by Google, named as ‘Project Nilgiri’. There are 5 railway stations from Kerala in the initial stage.^{[21][22][23][24][25]} The service inaugurated at Kollam station on 26 December 2016 by Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister of India, through video conferencing.^{[26][27][28][29][30]}

Other suburban railway stations

Incident

• The engine of 56307 passenger derailed on 6 July 2018.^[31]
  


• The engine of 16723 Express caught fire at Kollam Junction on 16 July 2018.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kollam Junction railway station.

• Kollam


• Railway platform


• Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas contributions to the Indian railways

References

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