Kanniyakumari railway station (formerly Cape Comorin railway station), (station code:- CAPE) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of

Southern Railway zone Southern Railway (SR) is one of the eighteen zones of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Chennai and operates across the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and the union territory of Puducherry. The origin of the Southern Rai ...

. It is a railway terminus of the

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serving the coastal town of

Kanyakumari Kanyakumari (Tamil; / kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and a municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the ...

in the state of

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Administration

It is a part of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of

. It's the southernmost railway station in India. The Kanyakumari rail station is located in the heart of Kanyakumari and is only away from Kanyakumari beach.

Projects and development

It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under ''Amrit Bharat Station Scheme'' of Indian Railways.

New lines in proposal

Indian Railways were planning for an East Coast Railway Route starting from Chennai to Kanyakumari via

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. The surveys were done in a phase by phase manner and submitted for approvals, but the Railway board shelved the project in 2018.

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* Railway stations in Kanyakumari district Railway terminus in India Thiruvananthapuram railway division Transport in Kanyakumari Railway stations in India opened in 1979 {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub