Kottarakara railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the town, see Kottarakkara. For the famous temple, see Kottarakkara Sree Mahaganapathi Kshethram.

Kottarakara
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
General information
Location	Beside NH-744, Kottarakkara, Kollam, Kerala India
Coordinates	9.0003°N 76.7659°E / 9.0003; 76.7659
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Kollam–Sengottai branch line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	KKZ
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Southern Railway zone
Classification	NSG-5
History
Opened	1904 (1904)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2022–23	259,448 per year 711 per day
Route map Kollam–Sengottai branch line km to Trivandrum Central 0 Kollam Junction Chemmamukku overpass Kollam Bypass to Kayamkulam Junction TVCTooltip Thiruvananthapuram railway division MDUTooltip Madurai railway division limits NH 744 6 Kilikollur 8 Chandanattop Halt NH 183 13 Kundara Chittumala Road 15 Kundara East NH 744 19 Ezhukone Nedumankavu Road NH 744 Ampalathumkala overpass NH 744 NH 744 25 Kottarakara Kottarakara Street overpass SH 1 Mylom Thodu 30 Kuri Thalavoor Road 37 Auvaneeswarem 45 Punalur Kallada River SH 8 NH 744 NH 744 Anapettakongal Road 55 Edamann Urukkunnu Tunnel 77 Ottakkal Tenmala Tunnel 1 66 Thenmala Tenmala Tunnel 2 Tenmala Tunnel 3 Tenmala Tunnel 4 13 arch bridge Achankoil River 70 Kazhuthurutty 77 Edapalayam 75 New Aryankavu 79 Aryankavu NH 744 Kerala Tamil Nadu Aryankavu Tunnel NH 744 87 Bhagavathipuram 93 Sengottai Elattur Road SH 39A Tamil Nadu NH 744 102 Tenkasi Junction to Virudhunagar Junction to Tirunelveli Junction
Location Kottarakara Location within India Kottarakara Kottarakara (Kerala)

Kottarakara railway station (station code:KKZ) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves Kottarakkara, located in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.

Punalur-Kanyakumari passenger at Kottarakkara

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was ₹6,613,959 (US$79,000) and daily earnings was ₹18,120 (US$220). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 259,448 and daily count was 711. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 1005.

See also

• List of railway stations in India