Eravipuram railway station

8°52′03″N 76°37′24″E / 8.867389°N 76.623444°E / 8.867389; 76.623444Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouthern Railway zoneLine(s)Kollam Junction–Thiruvananthapuram CentralPlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt–gradeAccessibleOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeIRP Zone(s) Southern Railway zone Division(s) ThiruvananthapuramFare zoneIndian RailwaysHistoryOpened1918; 106 years ago (1918)Electrified25 kV AC 50 Hz

Route map

Kollam Junction–Thiruvananthapuram Central trunk line Legend km to Ernakulam to Sengottai 0 Kollam Junction Chinnakada overpass SP Office overpass 4.6 Eravipuram 8.9 Mayyanad Paravur Lake 12.4 Paravur Paravur town overpass Edava Lake 17.0 Kappil H. 19.9 Edava 23.7 Varkala Maithanam underpass 30.1 Akathumuri 32.8 Kadakkavoor Kadakkavoor overpass 35.9 Chirayinkeezhu 40.0 Perunguzhi 43.2 Murukkampuzha 47.2 Kaniyapuram Kazhakuttam overpass 51.3 Kazhakuttam 57.5 Kochuveli Chakka overpass 62.1 Pettah Kizhakkekotta overpass 64.6 Thiruvananthapuram Central to Nagercoil Junction This diagram: view talk edit

Location

Eravipuram railway station or Iravipuram railway station (Code:IRP) is one among the 4 railway stations serving the Indian city of Kollam, Kerala. Eravipuram railway station falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.^[1][2] It is a 'F-Class' halt railway station. The annual passenger earnings from Eravipuram railway station during 2011–2012 was Rs. 5,85,813.

Eravipuram is about 5.3 km away from Kollam city.^[3] Eravipuram is well connected with various cities like Kollam, Trivandrum, Kottayam, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari and towns like Paravur, Punalur, Kayamkulam, Karunagappalli, Kottarakkara, Varkala, Chirayinkeezh through Indian Railways.^[4]

Services

Train number	Source	Destination	Name/Type
56307	Kollam Junction	Trivandrum Central	Passenger
56700	Madurai	Punalur	Passenger
66304	Kollam Junction	Kanyakumari	MEMU
56309	Kollam Junction	Trivandrum Central	Passenger
56304	Nagercoil	Kottayam	Passenger
56701	Punalur	Madurai	Passenger
56308	Trivandrum Central	Kollam Junction	Passenger
66305	Kanyakumari	Kollam Junction	MEMU

See also

• Eravipuram
• Kollam
• Paravur
• Karunagappalli railway station
• Kollam Junction railway station
• Paravur railway station

References