Kollam Junction railway station

Kollam Junction


Quilon Junction
Indian Railways station
Southern Terminal and MEMU Carshed building
General information
Other namesQuilon Junction
LocationCantonment, Kollam, Kerala
India
Coordinates8°53′10″N 76°35′42″E / 8.8860°N 76.5951°E / 8.8860; 76.5951
Elevation6.74 metres (22.1 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram
Kollam-Ernakulam
Kollam-Sengottai
Platforms6 (1A,1,2,3,4,5)
Tracks17
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Platform levels01
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeQLN
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Thiruvananthapuram
ClassificationNSG-2
History
OpenedJune 1, 1904 (1904-06-01)
Closed2024
Electrified2001 (2001)
25 kV AC 50 Hz
Previous namesQuilon Junction railway station
Key dates
1902:-
1 Jun 1904:-
1 Jan 1918:-
6 Jan 1958:-
23 Nov 1975:-
2001:-
10 May 2010:-
1 Dec 2013:-
2 Mar 2019-
10 Sep 2024
Goods trains service started
Station with MG line opened
Quilon–Chala service started
Became a Junction station
BG services to Ernakulam started
Line electrification completed
KollamPunalur BG line opened
Kollam MEMU Shed opened
Terminal-2 opened
Became an NSG-2 station
Passengers
2024–2522,671 per day
82,75,069 per year 23.43%
Rank4 (in Kerala)
3 (in Trivandrum division)
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Perinad Southern Railway zone Eravipuram
Kilikollur
towards Sengottai
Location
Kollam Junction railway station
Location within Kollam
Kollam Junction railway station
Kollam Junction railway station (Kerala)
Kollam Junction railway station
Kollam Junction railway station (India)
Interactive map

Kollam Junction railway station (station code: QLN) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.) It is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. It is the second largest railway station in Kerala in terms of area and largest in terms of number of tracks and one of the oldest railway stations in the state. It is also the second busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of trains handled per day. World's third longest railway platform is situated at Kollam railway station.

Kollam Junction lies on Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line. It is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division. The annual passenger ticket revenue of Kollam railway station is 103.07 crore (US$12 million) and 23,048 is the daily ridership through this station. It is one among the few railway stations in Kerala having two terminals with ticket counter facility. Four express trains have been originating from Kollam Junction railway station to South Indian cities of Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati: Visakhapatnam–Kollam Express (weekly), Anantapuri Express (daily), Chennai Egmore–Kollam Junction Express (daily), and Kollam–Tirupati Express (weekly).