Kundara railway station explained

Kundara
Type:Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Elampalloor, Kundara, Kollam, Kerala
Country:India
Coordinates:8.9603°N 76.6782°W
Map Type:India#India Kerala
Line:Kollam–Sengottai branch line
Structure:At–grade
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Parking:Available
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Southern Railway zone
Status:Functioning
Zone:Indian Railways
Passengers:259,448 per year
711 per day
Pass Year:2022–23
Map State:collapsed

Kundara 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]

Significance

Kundara railway station has gained significance because of proximity to Kundara Ceramics Limited, Kollam Technopark, Aluminium Industries Limited (ALIND), Kerala Electrical and Allied Engineering Co. Ltd. (KEL), Lakshmi Starch Ltd., etc. All the trains passing through stop at the station.[4] [5]

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was and daily earnings was . 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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE) . Portal of Indian Railways . Centre For Railway Information Systems . 29 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240323095403/https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf . 23 March 2024 . 21 . 1 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Annual Originating Passengers & Earnings for the year 2022-23 . Portal of Indian Railways . Centre For Railway Information Systems . 6 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405104303/https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1707457097521-Originating%202022-23.pdf . 5 April 2024 . 1.
  3. Web site: Madurai Division System Map. Southern Railway. 14 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108192724/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1381729275720-Wttmdu.31.12.pdf. 8 January 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012001932/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Punalur-Kanyakumari-Train-Service-Begins/2014/09/02/article2409810.ece Punalur-Kanyakumari Train Service Begins
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20130918054751/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Punalur-Guruvayur-train-flagged-off/2013/09/15/article1784962.ece Punalur-Guruvayur train flagged off