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The Quilon–Shencottah railway line was the first railway line in the erstwhile Travancore state and is more than a century old. The Kollam–Sengottai section is part of the Kollam – Chennai metre-gauge rail route commissioned by the British in 1904.
The railway line was built jointly by South Indian railway, Travancore state and the Madras Presidency. Kollam's (Anglicized 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 Quilon, the then commercial capital of his State and Madras. [12]
Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram railway line Paravur railway station Varkala railway station Five stations were prominent lying in between Kollam & Thiruvananthapuram posted well above ₹ 1 crore (equivalent to ₹ 1.7 crore or US$200,000 in 2023) in annual passenger ticket revenue during the fiscal year 2012-13 and most of their revenue increased ...
1902 - Kollam–Sengottai Railway line works completed; 1904 - On 1 June, Kollam-Punalur line was opened [9] 1904 - On 26 November, Passenger train service started through Kollam–Sengottai Railway line; 1918 - On 4 January, The Meter gauge line till Kollam was extended up to Chala in Thiruvananthapuram [10]
The first idea of rail link from Tirunelveli to Kollam which was the trading capital of the Travancore Kingdom was conceived in 1873. The line was sanctioned by the Madras Presidency in 1899 and the survey was completed in 1900.The railway line was built jointly by South Indian railway, Travancore state and Madras Presidency.It was the ruler's desire to create a rail link between Kollam, the ...
Veli railway station (Code:VELI) is a railway stations serving the Indian city of Trivandrum, the capital of the state of Kerala. [1] It lies on the Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram rail line . Veli lake is situated near the railway station in Trivandrum district.
The Aryankavu–Puliyara (Kottavasal) tunnel, also known as the "Aryankavu tunnel", is a colonial-era railway tunnel located in the southern Western Ghats on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border in India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This 891.70 meter long tunnel is a section of the Kollam-Sengottai railway line , which was the first line in the former Travancore ...
Kilikollur railway station (station code:KLQ) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone, serving the city of Kollam. [1] The station is located on Kollam–Punalur section in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala .