Kottarakara railway station

Railway station in Kerala, India

9°00′01″N 76°45′57″E / 9.0003°N 76.7659°E / 9.0003; 76.7659Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouthern Railway zoneLine(s)Kollam–Sengottai branch linePlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt–gradeParkingAvailableOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeKKZ Zone(s) Southern Railway zone Division(s) MaduraiFare zoneSouthern Railway zoneHistoryOpened1904; 120 years ago (1904)ElectrifiedYesPassengers2022–23259,448 per year
711 per day

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
Kottarakara Location within India Show map of India Kottarakara Kottarakara (Kerala) Show map of Kerala

Kottarakara railway station (station code:KKZ) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It serves Kottarakkara, located in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.^[2]^[3]

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was ₹6,613,959 (US$79,000) and daily earnings was ₹18,120 (US$220). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 259,448 and daily count was 711. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 1005.^[2]

References

^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Originating Passengers & Earnings for the year 2022-23" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Madurai Division System Map" (PDF). Southern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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