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The Tirur railway station, opened in 1861, is the oldest railway station in Kerala. The first railway service in Kerala was on 1861 March 12 and it serviced from Beypore to Tirur for 30.5 km. First Railway service in erstwhile Travancore was started on 1904 November 26. It was Sengottai - Punalur Metre-gauge railway.
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.
It is the second Vande Bharat Express in Kerala as well as India's first saffron coloured semi-high speed train (replaced with White Blue Vandebharat rake of the pairing train after extension to Mangalore Central). The first Vande Bharat train in Kerala started its service between Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram via Kottayam route in April 2023.
The Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line is a railway line which runs through the districts of Ernakulam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha in Kerala state of India. . This railway line starts as a branch line from Ernakulam Town railway station towards Kottayam and joins with the Ernakulam–Kayamkulam coastal line route via Alappuzha at Kayamkulam Junct
T. Tatanagar–Alappuzha Express; Tea Garden Express; Silver Line (K-Rail) Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express; Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Via Alappuzha)
On 31 March 2018, the entire Kollam–Sengottai line was opened for passenger train service. [2] [3] The first passenger train was the Tambaram–Kollam–Tambaram special train (06027) that earned Rs 3.15 lakh by carrying 879 passengers against a capacity of 712. [4] The line provides a shorter route to Thiruvananthapuram via Kollam.
It is the second train after Kerala Sampark Kranti SF Express that connects Kerala with Punjab ( Amritsar ). From 11, July 2021 it runs with new time. From 11, July 2021 it runs with new time. As per the new timetable 12483 departs Thiruvananthapuram North at 09.15 hrs on every Wednesdays and reaches Amritsar at 13.50 hrs on every Fridays.
The current Chennai-Mangalore railway line was later formed as an extension of the Beypore - Podanur line thus constructed. [6] The Shoranur Junction Railway Station became operational with the opening of Pattambi–Podanur line on 14 April 1862. [8] The importance of the station increased with the opening of the Shoranur–Eranakulam line in 1902.