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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 Quilon-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 [13] Fund allotted for the extension of meter gauge railway line from Quilon to Ernakulam via Kottayam on 1952 and is inaugurated on 6 January 1958.
The Chennai Egmore–Kollam Junction Express (16101/16102, earlier known as the Quilon Mail) is a daily train that runs between Chennai Egmore and Kollam Junction in India. It is the successor of 115-year-old Quilon Mail , which ran once upon a time in metre-gauge lines between Madras and Quilon.
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 ...
31-03-2018 - The entire Kollam–Sengottai line thrown open for passenger train services. [13] [14] [15] 2018: Doubling of railway line completed till Madurai from Chennai(chord line). 2019: Thiruvarur - pattukottai - Karaikudi gauge Conversion ends and track opened for traffic.
First Railway service in erstwhile Travancore was started on 1904 November 26. It was Sengottai - Punalur Metre-gauge railway. Kollam district has the highest number of operational railway stations (25) in Kerala, while Palakkad district has the highest number of stations (28). Shoranur Junction(SRR) is the largest railway station in the state. [3]
The Palaruvi Express (Train number: 16791/16792) is a daily Intercity express train which runs between Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu and Palakkad Junction in Kerala via Tirunelveli Junction, Tenkasi Junction, Punalur, Kollam Junction, Tiruvalla and Kottayam. [4] The train first introduced between Punalur in Kollam and Palakkad. [5]