Thiruvananthapuram Railway division
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Thiruvananthapuram Railway division is one of the 6 divisions of the Southern Railway Zone
of India
. Its headquarters is in Thiruvananthapuram
. It was the 53rd Division in the country, was carved out of the Palakkad Division and started in October 1979. As of 1997, it has 625 km of route length and carries over 1.65 lakh passengers daily.
It is the second highest grosser for the south zone during the year 2009-10.
and some parts of Kanyakumari
district in Tamil Nadu
.
Southern Railway Zone (India)
The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...
of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Its headquarters is in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...
. It was the 53rd Division in the country, was carved out of the Palakkad Division and started in October 1979. As of 1997, it has 625 km of route length and carries over 1.65 lakh passengers daily.
It is the second highest grosser for the south zone during the year 2009-10.
Area covered
The division covers the southern part of KeralaKerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
and some parts of Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari is a town in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is also sometimes referred to as Cape Comorin. Located at the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula, it is the geographical end of the Indian mainland. The district in Tamil Nadu where the town is located is called Kanyakumari...
district in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
.
See also
- Southern Railway ZoneSouthern Railway Zone (India)The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...
- Indian RailwaysIndian RailwaysIndian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
- Palakkad Railway DivisionPalakkad Railway DivisionPalakad Railway Division is one of the 6 divisions of the Southern Railway Zone of India, and is the oldest in Kerala. It is headquartered in Palakkad. Palakkad Division was one of the biggest railway divisions in Southern Railway...
- Thiruvananthapuram Central