Kuri railway station

Railway station in Kerala, India

9°02′04″N 76°49′02″E / 9.034583°N 76.817160°E / 9.034583; 76.817160Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouthern Railway zoneLine(s)Kollam–Sengottai branch linePlatforms1Tracks1ConstructionStructure typeAt–gradeOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeKIF Zone(s) Southern Railway zone Division(s) MaduraiFare zoneIndian RailwaysHistoryOpened1904; 120 years ago (1904)ElectrifiedYes

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

Kuri
Kura

Location within India

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Kuri
Kura

Kuri
Kura (Kerala)

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Kuri railway station or Kura railway station (Code: KIF) is an 'F-Class' halt railway station, situated at the Kollam–Sengottai branch line of Southern Railway, India.^[1] The station is situated between Avaneeswaram and Kottarakara railway stations in Kollam district, Kerala. The station is coming under Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[2]^[3] The nearest major railhead of Kuri railway station is Kollam Junction railway station.

Significance

Kuri is one of the most neglected railway stations in India.^[4]^[5] Even railway authorities are forgetting sometimes to include this station in railway news and websites. This is the nearest railway station to Thalavoor Devi temple. Rural areas like Thalavoor, Mylom, Kura, Kulamudi, Alakuzhy, Thamarakudy in Pathanapuram/Kottarakara taluks are depending on this railway station.^[6]

Services

Train Number	Source	Destination	Name/Type
56332	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56331	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56334	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56700	Madurai	Punalur	Passenger
56333	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56336	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56365	Guruvayur	Punalur	Fast Passenger
56335	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger
56701	Punalur	Madurai	Passenger
56366	Punalur	Guruvayur	Fast Passenger
56338	Kollam Junction	Punalur	Passenger
56337	Punalur	Kollam Junction	Passenger

References

^ "More halts for Guruvayur–Punalur trains". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ "Kuri H." India Rail Info. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ "Kura railway station". India Rail Info. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ "Kuri Train Station – Cleartrip". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ "Kuri". Make My Trip. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ "Google Maps – Kuri". Retrieved 5 January 2015.

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 Vadanamkurishshi Kulukkallur Vallapuzha Cherukara Angadipuram Pattikkad Melattur Tuvvur Thodiyappulam 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

Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

Zones and divisions

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

Suburban and metro

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed

Workshops

Depots

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

Lines

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

Railway companies

Active	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) Konkan Railway Corporation (KRCL) Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTCL) Kerala Rail Development Corporation (KRDC)
Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway