New Aryankavu | |
Type: | Regional rail, light rail & commuter rail station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Palaruvi, Kollam, Kerala |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 8.9552°N 77.1347°W |
Map Type: | India Kerala#India |
Line: | Kollam–Sengottai branch line |
Structure: | At–grade |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Parking: | Available |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Southern Railway zone |
Status: | Functioning |
Zone: | Indian Railways |
Passengers: | 530 per year 1 per day |
Pass Year: | 2022–23 |
Map State: | collapsed |
New Aryankavu (station code:AYVN) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It serves New Aryankavu, located in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.[2] [3]
The idea to build a new crossing station between and on Kollam–Sengottai railway line came up in the year 2013[4] when the expert team found that the 114 years old has a gradient of only 1 in 260 suitable to accommodate meter gauge trains.[5] So the team identified a suitable site for a new railway station with the gradient of 1 in 400 that can accommodate a broad-gauge yard in future. Around 330 trees were cut down to build the New Aryankavu railway station[6]
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 530 and daily count was 1. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 19.