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1 2 3 4 Acknowledgement Shri. K.P.Srikanth, FOIS implementer /TVC has taken special interest in maintaining key commercial data of the division including location-wise, day-wise earnings statistics of both UTS and PRS locations. Besides furnishing the data which has made this book possible, he has also made very significant contribution in shaping the final outcome of this book. Shri.V.Rajeev, Chief Booking Supervisor, Kollam has put in the painstaking efforts in actual compilation of the data in a booklet form. 5 6 INDEX Note: While Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC), in view of its prominence and proximity to divisional headquarters, has been included as the first station under the section “Station-wise profile” at Page No 37, the other stations comprising the division appear in geographical order commencing from the southern end and progressing towards the north. Hence, Melapalayam station follows TVC and so on. After Tripunithura, the stations on the Kayankulam- Alapuzha route i.e from Cheppad to Tirunettur has been included. The northwardly pattern continues from Ernakulam Jn onwards (page 235); and needless to add, the final station Vallatholnagar winds up this section. Some useful information like contact numbers of Commercial controllers of all divisions in Indian Railway has been incorporated at the fag end of the compilation. No Title Page No i About the Division 9 ii Categorization of stations 23 iii Divisional Cumulative Earnings 2016-17 30 iv Station wise originating Earnings summary 2016-17 31 STATION-WISE PROFILE (A1 & A Category indicated in bold) Sl No Station Name Code Page No 1 Thiruvananthapuram Central TVC 38 2 Melapalayam MP 46 3 Sengulam SGLM 47 4 Nanguneri NNN 48 5 Valliyur VLY 51 6 North Panakudi NPK 54 7 Aralvaymoli AAY 56 8 Thovalai THX 59 9 Kanniyakumari CAPE 60 10 Nagercoil Jn NCJ 63 11 Nagercoil Town NJT 68 12 Virani Alur VRLR 70 13 Eraniel ERL 71 14 Palliyadi PYD 74 15 Kulitturai KZT 75 16 Kulitturai West KZTW 78 17 Parassala PASA 79 18 Dhanuvachapuram DAVM 82 19 Amaravila AMVA 83 20 Neyyattinkara NYY 84 21 Balaramapuram BRAM 87 22 Nemom NEM 89 23 Thiruvananthapuram Pettah TVP 91 24 Kochuveli KCVL 94 7 25 Veli VELI 97 26 Kazhakuttam KZK 99 27 Kaniyapuram KXP 102 28 Murukkampuzha MQU 104 29 Perunguzhi PGZ 106 30 Chirayinkeezh CRY 107 31 Kadakavur KVU 110 32 Akathumuri AMY 113 33 Varkala Sivagiri VAK 115 34 Edava EVA 119 35 Kappil KFI 121 36 Paravur PVU 123 37 Mayyanad MYY 126 38 Iravipuram IRP 128 39 Kollam QLN 129 40 Perinad PRND 137 41 Munrothuruttu MQO 139 42 Sasthankotta STKT 141 43 Karunagapally KPY 144 44 Ochira OCR 148 45 Kayankulam Jn KYJ 150 46 Mavelikara MVLK 156 47 Cheriyanad CYN 160 48 Chengannur CNGR 162 49 Tiruvalla TRVL 167 50 Changanasseri CGY 171 51 Chingavanam CGV 175 52 Kottayam KTYM 177 53 Kumaranallur KMQ 183 54 Ettumanur ETM 185 55 Kuruppanthara KRPP 187 56 Kadutturuthi KDTY 189 57 Vaikom Road VARD 190 58 Piravom Road PVRD 192 59 Kanjiramittam KPTM 195 60 Mulantturutti MNTT 197 61 Chottanikkara Road KFE 199 62 Tripunithura TRTR 200 63 Cheppad CHPD 203 64 Haripad HAD 205 65 Karuvatta KVTA 208 66 Thakazhi TZHI 209 8 67 Ambalapuzha AMPA 210 68 Punnapra PNPR 213 69 Alappuzha ALLP 214 70 Tumboli TMPY 219 71 Kalavur KAVR 220 72 Mararikulam MAKM 221 73 Tiruvizha TRVZ 223 74 Cherthala SRTL 224 75 Vayalar VAY 228 76 Turavur TUVR 229 77 Ezhupunna EZP 231 78 Aroor AROR 232 79 Kumbalam KUMM 233 80 Tirunettur TNU 235 81 Ernakulam Jn ERS 236 82 Ernakulam Town ERN 243 83 Idapalli IPL 248 84 Kalamasseri KLMR 250 85 Kochi Harbour Terminus CHTS 252 86 Aluva AWY 253 87 Chowara CWR 260 88 Angamali For Kalady AFK 262 89 Karukutty KUC 266 90 Korattiangadi KRAN 268 91 Divine Nagar DINR 270 92 Chalakudi CKI 272 93 Irinjalakuda IJK 276 94 Nellayi NYI 280 95 Pudukad PUK 282 96 Ollur OLR 284 97 Thrissur TCR 286 98 Punkunnam PNQ 295 99 Guruvayur GUV 297 100 Mulagunnathukavu MGK 300 101 Wadakkancherri WKI 302 102 Mullurcarai MUC 305 103 Vallatholnagar VTK 307 i Stn-wise originating earnings comparison 309 ii Retiring Rooms- Types, tariff 312 ii Freight Traffic- Detailed statistics 313 iii Public Grievances – Cause wise summary 316 iv All India Commercial Controllers contact nos 319 9 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DIVISION Thiruvananthapuram Division, formed on 2nd October 1979, serves eight districts of the southern part of the Kerala state and some parts of Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu. With 104 stationsin its territorial jurisdiction, it is the fourth largest out of six divisions in Southern Railway. The division is predominantly passenger oriented with an enviable record of one in eight stations coming under either A1 or A category. Three stations viz. Thiruvananthapuram central, Ernakulam Jn and Thrissur are classified under A1 Category with annual passenger earnings above 60 crores. Eight stationsviz. Alappuzha, in Keralaregion Aluva, Chengannur, viz. ons served Ernakulam by Town, Kayankulam jn, Kollam Jn, Kottayam and Tiruvalla and two stations in Tamil Nadu viz. Nagercoil and Kanniyakumari figure under ‘A’ Category with annual passenger earnings above Rs 8 crores but less than Rs 60 crores. Eighty six numbers of originating Express trains, 81 nos of passenger trains and eight originating freight trains are run on average per day. Highlights during the year 2016-17 Thiruvananthapuram division handled as many as 10.41 crore originating passengers during the year. Growth of 1.59% in passenger earnings and 1.96% in freight earnings were recorded vis-à-vis figures of the previous fiscal year. Annual passenger earnings had grown to Rs 1044.95 crores from Rs 1028.53 crores and freight earnings increased to Rs 362.49 crores from Rs 355.51 crores when compared to 2015-16. The cumulative earnings of the division under all heads is Rs 1557.99 crores, a marginal increase of 0.12% from Rs 1556.15 crores of the last fiscal year. Doubling of railway lines: The doubling of railway line between Tiruvalla and Chengannur and between Piravom Road and Kuruppanthara was completed in August 2016. The doubling of the stretch between Changanasseri and Tiruvalla was completed on 28.03.2017. New trains: Three new trains viz Train No 19332/331 Kochuveli – Indore Express (01.07.16), T. No 22838/837 Ernakulam Jn- Hatia Exp (03.11.16), T.No 22877/878 Ernakulam Jn – Howrah Antoydaya Express (04.03.17) were introduced. 10 Special trains and coach augmentation: As many as 925 special trains were operated during the year which included 416 special trains during Sabarimala/ other festival seasons. Two special trains introduced during the year viz. Train No 06035/36 Ernakulam Jn- Rameswaram weekly special on Sundays and the Train No 06053/054 Kochuveli- Mangalore Jn running on Fridays from Kochuveli have been hugely popular with the passengers. The composition of 38 pairs of Mail/Express trains and 5 pairs of passenger trains were augmented permanently to meet the growing requirements. Infrastructural Improvements Passenger amenity works to the tune of Rs 10.62 crores were executed during the year 2016-17. The following major infrastructural works were taken up during the year 2016-17. No Name of Work App Cost in Lakhs 1 Provision of Escalator (6 Nos) at Thiruvananthapurm Central, 420.00 Nagercoil Jn (PF 1), Ernakulam Jn(PF1), Aluva (PF 1) and Thrissur (PF 2/3) 2 Improvements to Retiring Rooms at Thiruvananthapuram Central 70.00 3 Cherthala improvements to Platform surface on Platform No 1 75.00 4 Ettumanur, Kottayam, Chengannur, Mavelikara, Kayankulam - 130.00 Improvements to Circulating area and Parking area 5 Ernakulam Junction : Improvements to waiting hall 41.00 6 Neyyattinkara: Provision of Waiting hall 35.00 7 Rising of Platform No 2, Provision of waiting hall at Kazhakuttam 170.00 8 Provision of Foot over bridge (2 Nos) 5m wide at Kottayam & Thrissur 150.00 9 Extension of platform at Thrissur (1 coach length)& Kottayam (2 coach length) 10 Rising, paving & improvements to Platform No 1 at Chengannur 124.00 11 Thiruvananthapuram Central- Improvements to circulating area, 95.00 parking area etc Escalators New escalators were provided at Aluva, Ernakulam Jn, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram central in Kerala region during the year. While the facility at Aluva was inaugurated by Shri Innocent, Hon’ble Member of Parliament on 07.06.16, Shri. K.V.Thomas, Hon MP inaugurated the same at Ernakulam Jn on 16.08.2016. The Hon’ble Minister for Railways Shri Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the facility at Thrissur (through video conferencing) and Thiruvananthapuram Central on 26.06.2016. As many as eighteen escalators are now in service at various stations in the division.Emergency Besides Medical an careadditional facility escalator provided at Thrissur on 13.05.17, ten more escalators are planned viz.Ernakulam Town-1 (PF2), Ernakulam Jn-1 (PF-6), Kayankulam-1 (PF-1), Chengannur-2 (PF-1), Alappuzha-1 (PF-1), Kollam-2 (PF-1 & 2), Thiruvan’puram Central-1 (PF-2) & Nagercoil-1 (PF-2) 11 EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FACILITY Inauguration of Emergency medical care facility at Ernakulam Jn by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon MR and at Thrissur by Shri.V.S.Sunil kumar, Hon’ble Minister, Govt of Kerala. Free emergency medical care centre at Thiruvananthapuram Central, Ernakulam Jn in association with reputed private hospitals were commissioned during the year. The facility is meant to provide free medical assistance to bona-fide Railway passengers. The emergency medical Centres have all necessary basic life saving medical equipments such as defibrillator, cardiac resuscitating equipment, nebulizer and stretches with strap, wheeled trolley etc.