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Railway station in Kerala, India This article is about the railway station. For the historic industrial town, see Kundara.

Kundara

Indian Railways station

General information

Location

Elampalloor, Kundara, Kollam, Kerala
India

Coordinates

8°57′37″N 76°40′42″E / 8.96029°N 76.67821°E / 8.96029; 76.67821

Owned by

Indian Railways

Operated by

Southern Railway zone

Line(s)

Kollam–Sengottai branch line

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At–grade

Parking

Available

Other information

Status

Functioning

Station code

KUV

Zone(s)

Southern Railway zone

Division(s)

Madurai

Fare zone

Indian Railways

History

Opened

1904; 121 years ago (1904)

Electrified

Yes

Passengers

2022–23

259,448 per year
711 per day

Route map

Kollam–Sengottai
branch line

to Trivandrum Central

Kollam Junction

Chemmamukku overpass

Kollam Bypass

to Kayamkulam Junction

TVCTooltip Thiruvananthapuram railway division

MDUTooltip Madurai railway division

limits

NH 744

Kilikollur

Chandanattop Halt

NH 183

Kundara

Chittumala Road

Kundara East

NH 744

Ezhukone

Nedumankavu Road

NH 744

Ampalathumkala overpass

NH 744

Kottarakara

Kottarakara Street overpass

SH 1

Mylom Thodu

Kuri

Thalavoor Road

Auvaneeswarem

Punalur

Kallada River

SH 8

NH 744

Anapettakongal Road

Edamann

Urukkunnu Tunnel

Ottakkal

Tenmala Tunnel 1

Thenmala

Tenmala Tunnel 2

Tenmala Tunnel 3

Tenmala Tunnel 4

13 arch bridge

Achankoil River

Kazhuthurutty

Edapalayam

NH 744

Aryankavu Tunnel

NH 744

Bhagavathipuram

Sengottai

Elattur Road

SH 39A Tamil Nadu

NH 744

102

Tenkasi Junction

to Virudhunagar Junction

to Tirunelveli Junction

Location
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Kundara railway station (station code:KUV) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone, serving the city of Kollam. It serves Kundara, located in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. The station is one among the four railway stations serving the city of Kollam. Other railway stations in the city are Kollam Junction railway station,Kilikollur railway station and Eravipuram railway station.

Significance

Kundara railway station has gained significance because of proximity to Kundara Ceramics Limited, Kollam Technopark, Aluminium Industries Limited (ALIND), Kerala Electrical and Allied Engineering Co. Ltd. (KEL), Lakshmi Starch Ltd., etc. All the trains passing through stop at the station.

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station were ₹6,613,959 (US$77,000) and daily earnings were ₹18,120 (US$210). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 259,448 and daily count was 711. While the footfall per day was recorded as 1005.

Services

All 18 passing through trains have a halt at Kundara railway station. Five of these are long distance express trains.

Major express trains on this route -

Palaruvi Express
Kollam Junction–Chennai Egmore Express
Ernakulam–Velankanni Express
Madurai Express
Madurai - Guruvayur Express
Tambaram Special Fare AC Special
Punalur - Nagarcoil Passenger

These services connect Chennai, Madurai,Velankanni,Nagarcoil and Tuticorin cities with Kundara.

References

"SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ "Annual Originating Passengers & Earnings for the year 2022-23" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
"Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
Punalur-Kanyakumari Train Service Begins
Punalur-Guruvayur train flagged off
"After 19 years, Chennai–Kollam regular train service to resume from Monday". The New Indian Express. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

Railway stations in Kerala

SRTooltip Southern Railway zone

Thiruvananthapuram	Parassala Neyyattinkara Nemom Thiruvananthapuram Central Thiruvananthapuram Pettah Kochuveli Kazhakuttam Chirayinkeezhu Kadakkavoor Varkala Sivagiri Paravur Mayyanad Eravipuram Kollam Junction Perinad Munroturuttu Sasthamkotta Karunagappalli Ochira Kayamkulam Junction Haripad Thakazhy Ambalappuzha Alappuzha Mararikulam Cherthala Thuravoor Mavelikara Chengannur Tiruvalla Changanasseri Kottayam Ettumanur Vaikom Road Piravam Road Chottanikkara Road Tripunithura Ernakulam Junction Ernakulam Town Cochin Harbour Terminus Edappally Aluva Chowwara Angamaly Koratty Divine Nagar Chalakudi Irinjalakuda Nellayi Pudukad Ollur Thrissur Punkunnam Guruvayur Mulankunnathukavu Wadakkanchery Mullurkara Vallathol Nagar
Palakkad	Shoranur Junction Ottapalam Lakkidi Palakkad Junction Palakkad Town Kollengode Kanjikode Walayar Angadipuram Tirur Tirunnavaya Tanur Parappanangadi Ferok Kozhikode West Hill Koyilandy Payyoli Vadakara Nadapuram Road Mahe Jaganath Temple Gate Thalassery Dharmadam Edakkad Kannur South Kannur Chirakkal Valapattanam Kannapuram Pazhayangadi Ezhimala Payyanur Thrikaripur Cheruvathur Nileshwar Kanhangad Bekal Fort Kotikulam Kasaragod Kumbla Uppala Manjeshwar Kulukkallur Vallapuzha Cherukara Angadipuram Pattikkad Melattur Tuvvur Vaniyambalam Nilambur Road
MaduraiTooltip Madurai railway division	Kilikollur Chandanattop Ezhukone Kundara Kundara East Kottarakara Kuri Auvaneeswaram Punalur Edamann Thenmala Kazhuthurutty New Aryankavu Aryankavu

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Railway companies

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

Zones and divisions

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.