Tirunelveli Junction serves the city of Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...

 in the India

India

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n state of 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...

. It produces profit for the Madurai Railway division. The Nellai Express

Nellai Express

The Nellai Express is a super fast train on the Indian Railways, connecting Tirunelveli Jn with Chennai Egmore.-Numbers and Route:* 119/120* 6119/6120* 2631/2632* 12631/12632...

, — a super-fast train connecting Tirunelveli and Chennai Egmore — runs packed almost throughout the year. The station has six platforms. Tirunelveli Junction is coded as TEN. Any train passing through the station halts in Tirunelveli Junction station. It is one of the oldest and popular stations in Indian Railway. The most profit of the Southern Railways

Southern Railway (India)

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 comes from Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

 - Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...

 - Nagercoil section (via Villupuram, Trichy, Madurai

Madurai

Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and...

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Important trains

The major trains at Tirunelveli Junction:

• Nellai Express
• Kanniyakumari Express
• Ananthapuri Express
• Guruvayur Express
• Nagarcoil-Mumbai Express
• Thirukural Express
• Nizamuthin Express
• Kanyakumari - Howrah Express
• Tirunelveli -HAPA express
• Tirunelveli - Bilaspur Express
• Tirunelveli - Jammu Tawi Express
• Nagercoil-Coimbatore Express
• Chendur Express (Thiruchendur - Tirunelveli - Chennai Egmore)
• Tirunelveli - Mayiladuthurai - Erode Passenger
• Nagercoil - Coimbatore Fast Passenger
• Kanyakumari - Bangalore Express
• Kanyakumari - Rameshwaram CAPE RAMM Express
• Tirunelveli - Thiruchendur Passenger
• Tirunelveli - Tuticorin Passenger
• Tirunelveli - Kanyakumari Passenger
• Tirunelveli - Tenkasi - Sengcottah Passenger
• Tirunelveli - Punalur Passenger
• Tuticorin - Tirunelveli - Thiruchendur Passenger
• Kanyakumari - Tirunelveli - Tuticorin Passenger

Facilities

• Computerised Reservation Centers
• 24-hrs operating ATM kiosks
• Fully access enabled Auto Stand
• Cloak room
• Food & Fruit Stalls
• Telephone Booths
• ATM

Railway stations in Tirunelveli city

Station name	Station code
Tirunelveli Junction	TEN
Tirunelveli Town	TYT
Palayamkottai Palayamkottai Palayamkottai , known as the "Oxford of South India", is a town in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. It is part of the Tirunelveli city corporation. It is on the eastern bank of the Thamirabarani river, while its twin city Tirunelveli is on the western bank.-Etymology:The archaic word Palayam...	PCO
Pettai Pettai Pettai is an industrial area in Tirunelveli, the headquarters of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. It has a general hospital, two post offices and other notable places. The co-operative mills were also here. One industrial training institute, the M.D.T. Hindu College, is there....	PEA
Melapalayam	MP
Thalaiyuthu Thalaiyuthu Thalaiyuthu is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is also called as Sankar Nagar. It is located about 8 KM north of Tirunelveli on the way to Madurai on highway NH 7.Postal Code: 627 357-Geography:...	TAY

Demand

The people in and around Tirunelveli expect railways:

• Double - Tracking Chennai Egmore - Tirunelveli - Kanykumari route with elecrification
• A new overnight express from Tirunelveli to Bangalore via Madurai.
• A new overnight train to Chennai in addition to Nellai Express
  Nellai Express
  The Nellai Express is a super fast train on the Indian Railways, connecting Tirunelveli Jn with Chennai Egmore.-Numbers and Route:* 119/120* 6119/6120* 2631/2632* 12631/12632...
  
  
• Jan Shatabadi or Intercity Express from Tirunelveli to Trichy, Thanjavur, Coimbatore (all via Madurai), Trivandrum.
• Additional coaches have to be attached in Nagercoil-Coimbatore express since its overcrowded at nagercoil itself local people find difficulty to get into general coaches and enter reserved coaches.
• Express trains to Mumbai, Howrah via Madurai starting from Tirunelveli.
• Extension of Tirunelveli - Bilaspur Express to Howrah (Kolkata), as it will have new link for East India via. Central India
  Madhya Pradesh
  Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
  
  
• Tuticorin - Mangalore via Tirunelveli-Trivandrum. (Bay of Bengal-Arabian Express). Tiruneveli - Mumbai superfast exp via Thiruvananthapuram central was announced at last year railway budget 2009-2010 but there is no effort yet. Please schedule for that train also.

Tirunelveli will be announced as new railway head quarters by separating the madurai division.

New railway division is requested as Tirunelveli as Head quarter.