Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station
Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC) | |||||||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||||||
Main building | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Other names | Thambanoor Railway Station | ||||||||
| Location | Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 🇮🇳 | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°29′15″N 76°57′07″E / 8.4874°N 76.952°E | ||||||||
| Elevation | 6.740 metres (22.11 ft) | ||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||
| Operated by | Southern Railways Thiruvananthapuram Division | ||||||||
| Line(s) | Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line | ||||||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||||||
| Tracks | 16 | ||||||||
| Connections | , taxi stand, pre-paid auto service | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||
| Accessible | |||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||
| Station code | TVC | ||||||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||||||
| Division(s) | Thiruvananthapuram | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 4 November 1931 | ||||||||
| Closed | 1940 | ||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1955, 2025 (Planned) | ||||||||
| Electrified | Yes (since 2005 December) | ||||||||
| Previous names | Travancore Central | ||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||
| 2017–19 | 40,908 per day
Annual passengers – 14,292,407 | ||||||||
| Rank | 1 (in Kerala) 1 (in Thiruvananthapuram railway division) | ||||||||
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| Railways in Kerala cities |
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Thiruvananthapuram Central (station code: TVC,) is an NSG–2 category railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a major railway station that serves the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. It is Kerala's busiest railway station. The station building, a landmark of the city, is located in Thampanoor opposite the central bus stand. Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station is the highest profit earning railway station in Kerala and the most crowded and busiest railway station in Kerala. Most high priority and superfast express trains originate from here like TVC Rajdhani Express.
A number of long-distance trains depart from Thiruvananthapuram Central. Thiruvananthapuram is the first tier-2 city in the south along India's longest train routes: the Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram–Dibrugarh Vivek Express route and the Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram–Jammu Tawi–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express route. A second terminal (the South Terminal) was opened in 2004 to handle passenger traffic, and the West Terminal opened in 2007. To reduce congestion, the station has 16 tracks.