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 Tami ...

in the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

and is owned by the Madurai Railway division. The

Nellai Express Nellai Express is a Superfast train operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It runs on all days connecting with via Villupuram Junction, Tiruchirappalli Junction and Madurai Junction through the chord line. It is now ...

- a super-fast train connecting

and

Chennai Egmore Chennai Egmore, formerly known as Madras Egmore, also known as Chennai Elumbur (station code: MS), is a railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one of the four intercity railway terminals in t ...

- 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