Karunagappalli railway station
Karunagappalli railway station ' or Karunagappally railway station is a railway station in the Indian municipal town of Karunagappalli in Kollam district, Kerala. Karunagappalli Railway Station falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Karunagappally KSRTC Bus Station is only 2 km away from the station. It is one among the railway stations in kerala collecting crores of rupees through passenger tickets every year.Karunagappalli is the nearest railway station to 'Amritapuri. Free WiFi of railway is available here. Karunagappalli is connected to various cities in India like Kollam, Trivandrum, Kochi, Calicut, Palakkad, Thrissur, Punalur, Bengaluru, Udupi, Mumbai, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Vishakapatnam, Mangalore, Pune, Salem, Coimbatore, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Hyderabad etc. through Indian Railways. In 2019, the rail wi-fi broad-band connection has been introduced in Karunagappalli station.
Tourist attractions
The main tourist attraction is the House boat facility in Alumkadavu which is close to Karunagappally town. Sree Narayana Trophy boat race, an annual boat race is organised in the Kannety River, Karunagappally, during the season of Onam Festival. The famous Chinese fishing nets can be found on the banks of the lagoon. The Amritapuri ashram is also situated in Vallikavu, which is 8 km from karunagappally. Other tourist attractions are Alumkadavu Backwater, Oachira temple, Pandarathuruth Church, Sheik Masjid Mosque, Padanayarkulangara Mahadeva Temple, Thazhava, Sasthamkotta Lake etc.Recently, Azheekal Beach is gaining popularity as a local tourist attraction and Boating available in kannetty kayal in karunagappally
Thodiyoor is the nearest village in the Railway station. In here so many lakes, Rivers and shrubs. Odayilmukk, Veluthamanal, Edakulangara, Theepatti Mukk is the nearest places.
Services
;Express trains having halt at the station.No. | Train No | Origin | Destination | Train Name |
1. | 16347/16348 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Mangalore Central | Mangalore Express |
2. | 16603/16604 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Mangalore Central | Maveli Express |
3. | 16629/16630 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Mangalore Central | Malabar Express |
4. | 16301/16302 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Shoranur Junction | Venad Express |
5. | 16303/16304 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Ernakulam Junction | Vanchinad Express |
6. | 16841/16842 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Guruvayur | Intercity Express |
7. | 16349/16350 | Kochuveli | Nilambur Road | Rajya Rani Express |
8. | 16649/16650 | Nagercoil Junction | Mangalore Central | Parasuram Express |
9. | 16381/16382 | Mumbai CST | Kanyakumari | Jayanthi Janata Express |
10. | 16525/16526 | Bangalore City | Kanyakumari | Island Express |
11. | 16345/16346 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus | Netravati Express |
12. | 16343/16344 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Madurai Junction | Amritha Express |
13. | 16605/16606 | Nagercoil Junction | Mangalore Central | Ernad Express |
14. | 18567/18568 | Kollam Junction | Vishakapatnam | Kollam - Visakhapatnam Express |
15. | 17229/17230 | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Hyderabad | Sabari Express |
16. | 16791/16792 | Tirunelveli Junction | Palakkad | Palaruvi Express |
;Passenger trains having halt at the station
No. | Train No | Origin | Destination | Train Name |
1. | 66311/66312 | Kollam Junction | Alappuzha | MEMU |
2. | 56391/56392 | Kollam Junction | Ernakulam | Passenger |
3. | 56305 | Kottayam | Kollam Junction | Passenger |
4. | 56304 | Nagercoil Junction | Kottayam | Passenger |
5. | 66300/66301 | Kollam Junction | Ernakulam | MEMU |
6. | 66307/66308 | Ernakulam | Kollam Junction | MEMU |
7. | 66309/66310 | Kollam Junction | Ernakulam Junction | MEMU |
8. | 66317/66318 | Kottayam | Kollam Junction | MEMU |
9. | 66302/66303 | Kollam Junction | Ernakulam | MEMU |
10. | 56365/56366 | Guruvayur | Punalur | Fast Passenger |
Facilities
- Computerised Reservation Ticket Center
- Computerised Unreserved Ticket Center
- Automatic ticket vending machine
- Rail-wire Wi-Fi
- Upper Class Passenger Waiting room
- ATM counter SBI
- Foot over bridge
- Public Addressing System
- Cattering stalls
- Auto stand
- Prepaid Parking Space
- Coach indication board
- Wheelchairs
- Water cooler