Tirunelveli Junction railway station (also known as Nellai Junction railway station)(station code: TEN ) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the city of Tirunelveli, located in Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Nellai Express – a super-fast train connecting Tirunelveli and Chennai Egmore – runs packed almost throughout the year. The station is one of the oldest on the Indian railway network, built in 1893. It acts as a major railway junction and every train passing through this station has a mandatory halt here in any of the available 5 platforms. Passenger trains towards Sengottai railway station, Tiruchendur railway station, Tuticorin Railway Station, Nagercoil Junction railway station, Erode Junction railway station, Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station departs from here.

Projects and development

It is one of the 75 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways. 270 crore rupees have been allocated for the renovation work of Tirunelveli railway station under the Amrit Bharat scheme. Major works to be planned under the scheme:

Performance and earnings

For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was inr 1148600461 and daily earnings was inr 3146851. For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 4,020,879 and daily count was 11,016. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 23,416.

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