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NemomനേമംIndian Railway Station
Location Street Nemom City Thiruvananthapuram District Thiruvananthapuram State Kerala Elevation MSL + 28m Station Info & Facilities Station type Way Side (Proposed to be passenger Terminus) Structure Standard (on ground station) Station status Functioning Entrance(s) 1 Operation Code NEM Division(s) Thiruvananthapuram Zone(s) Southern Railway Platform(s) 3 History Nemom Railway Station (Code:NEM) (Malayalam: നേമം) is a railway station in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India.[1]
Nemom is in the Thiruvananthapuram Railway division of the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It was established on 1979 and acts as a satellite station for trains connecting the city to southern parts of the state.
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Train operating centre
Indian Railways have finalized a proposal for setting up an operating centre in Nemom, for trains starting from and terminating in Thiruvananthapuram Central. All the coach maintenance activities performed at the Thiruvananthapuram Central will be transferred to Nemom once the operating centre is commissioned.[2] They are setting up 10 pit lines for the maintenance of 30 trains, 12 stabling lines, sick lines and staff quarters at Nemom.[3][4]
Proposed New Passenger Terminal
The Ministry of Railways, in its budget for the fiscal year 2011-2012 announced to develop Nemom as the second satellite passenger terminual to Trivandrum Central. Trivandrum will thus become the first city in Kerala to have two satellite stations. Nemom will soon be developed as a full-fledged railway station with 5 platforms and will act as a terminus station for trains coming to Trivandrum from the Northern side, thereby reducing the rush/congestion in the Central railway station.
It is also proposed to lay one more track between Nemom and Kochuveli to ease the traffic in this corridor. This stretch will become the first in the state to have a three line service. [5]
Trains passing through Nemom station
Passenger trains
No Source Destination 1. Trivandrum Central Nagercoil 2. Kochuveli Nagercoil 3. Nagercoil Kottayam 4. Madurai Kollam (Fast Passenger): 5. Kollam Madurai 6. Nagercoil Kochuveli 7. Nagercoil Trivandrum Central 8. Kottayam Nagercoil See also
- Indian Railways
- Transport in Thiruvananthapuram
- Thiruvananthapuram Central
- Kochuveli Railway station
References
- ^ The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Thiruvananthapuram Central to be made a world-class station
- ^ The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Nemom to be operating centre for trains
- ^ The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Train operating centre proposal finalised
- ^ The Hindu Business Line : Thiruvananthapuram Rly Divn earns Rs 837 cr in 2009-10
- ^ The Hindu : Cities / Thiruvananthapuram : Railways for third line between Thiruvananthapuram and Kochuveli
External links
Categories:- Railway stations in Kerala
- Southern Railway (India) Zone
- Trivandrum railway division
- Transport in Thiruvananthapuram
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