Tirunelveli Junction railway station, also known as Nellai Junction railway station (station code TEN) serves the city of

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tam ...

in the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

and is owned by the Madurai Railway division. The Nellai Express - a super-fast train connecting

and Chennai Egmore - runs packed almost throughout the year. Any train passing through the station halts at one of the five platforms, regardless of destination. Tirunelveli Junction is one of the oldest and most popular stations on the Indian Railway network. It was built in 1893.List of Popular Railway stations in India
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Railway lines

Suburban stations

* Palayamkottai * Melapalayam * Pettai * Tirunelveli Town * Talayuthu * Gangaikondan * Cheranmahadevi

Junction Information

Type of Station: Junction Number of Platforms: 5 Number of Halting Trains: 44 Number of Originating Trains: 25 Number of Terminating Trains: 25

Manimoortheeswaram

Manimoortheeswaram Uchishta Ganapathy Temple which is 900 years old, is situated at about 2 km from Tirunelveli Junction railway station.

Train List

56701 Punalur - Madurai Passenger. ... 56700 Madurai - Punalur Passenger 16688-Slip* Navyug Express Slip* ... 16861 Puducherry - Kanniyakumari Express. ... 16339 Mumbai CSMT - Nagercoil Express (Via. ... 16351 Mumbai CSMT - Nagercoil Balaji Express (Via. ... 22621 Rameswaram - Kanniyakumari SF Express (PT) ... 12633 Chennai Egmore - Kanniyakumari SF Express 12631 Chennai Egmore - Tirunelveli — Nellai Express And many more...

References

*http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/surveillance-system-for-nellai-railway-junction/article2603211.ece

External links

* Madurai railway division Railway junction stations in Tamil Nadu Transport in Tirunelveli Railway stations in Tirunelveli district {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub