Ezhukone railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the town, see Ezhukone. For the city, see Kollam.

Ezhukone railway station (station code:EDN) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It serves Edamann, located in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.^[2][3]

Ezhukone
Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
General information
Location	Ezhukone, Kollam, Kerala India
Coordinates	8.979390°N 76.715308°E / 8.979390; 76.715308
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Kollam–Sengottai branch line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	EKN
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1904; 121 years ago (1904)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2022–23	137847 per day 378 per year
Route map Kollam–Sengottai branch line km to Trivandrum Central 0 Kollam Junction Chemmamukku overpass Kollam Bypass (NH66) 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

The nearest railway stations are Kundara East and Kottarakara. All seven pairs of trains passing through have halts at Ezhukone railway station.^[4]

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was ₹1,305,382 (US$15,000) and daily earnings was ₹3,576 (US$42). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 137,847 and daily count was 378. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 504.^[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in India