New Aryankavu railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the century-old station with similar name, see Aryankavu railway station.

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

New Aryankavu
Regional rail, light rail & commuter rail station
Name board at New Aryankavu
General information
Location	Palaruvi, Kollam, Kerala India
Coordinates	8.9552°N 77.1347°E / 8.9552; 77.1347
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Kollam–Sengottai branch line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At–grade
Parking	Available
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	AYVN
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Madurai
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	2018; 7 years ago (2018)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2022–23	530 per year 1 per day
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 New Aryankavu Location in Kerala Show map of Kerala New Aryankavu Location in India Show map of India

Relevance

The idea to build a new crossing station between Thenmala and Aryankavu on Kollam–Sengottai railway line came up in the year 2013^[4] when the expert team found that the 114 years old Aryankavu has a gradient of only 1 in 260 suitable to accommodate meter gauge trains.^[5] So the team identified a suitable site for a new railway station with the gradient of 1 in 400 that can accommodate a broad-gauge yard in future. Around 330 trees were cut down to build the New Aryankavu railway station^[6]

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was ₹22,360 (US$260) and daily earnings was ₹61 (72¢ US). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 530 and daily count was 1. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 19.^[2]

See also

• India portal

• List of railway stations in India