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{{About|the railway station|the town|Chandanathoppe|the City|Kollam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Chandanathoppe <br>Chandanattop
| type = [[Regional rail]], [[Light rail]] & [[Commuter rail]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Chandanathoppe railway station, Aug 2015.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = Mamood, [[National Highway 744 (India)|NH-744]], [[Chandanathoppe]], [[Kollam district|Kollam]], [[Kerala]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|8.929914|76.641712|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| map_type = India#India Kerala
| elevation =
| line = [[Kollam–Sengottai branch line]]
| other =
| structure = At–grade
| platform = 1
| tracks = 1
| parking = Available
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1904}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = No
| ADA = 
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = CTPE
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Madurai}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| zone = [[Indian Railways]]
| passengers = 131 per day<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1539692355298-Originating%20Earnings%202017-18.pdf |title=Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2017-18 - Madurai Division |publisher=Southern Railway |access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref> <br>47,689 per year
| pass_year = 2017–18
| pass_percent =
| annual passenger earnings =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers =
| services =
{{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Kilikollur|next=Kundara|line= Southern Railway zone|branch= [[Kollam–Sengottai branch line]]}}
| map_locator =
| route_map = {{Kollam–Sengottai branch line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Chandanathoppe railway station''' '''(Code:CTPE)''' or '''Chandanattop railway station''' is an 'F-class' halt railway station situated at [[Kollam–Sengottai branch line]] of [[Southern Railway zone]], India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/stn_Code.html |title=Station Code Enquiry – Indian Railway |access-date=12 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109102604/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/stn_Code.html |archive-date=9 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is one among the 25 railway stations in [[Kollam district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/7326 |title=Chandanathoppe railway station|publisher=India Rail Info |access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/maduraipunalur-train-from-tomorrow/article4947560.ece |title=Madurai–Punalur train from tomorrow|work=The Hindu |access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> The station is partially serving the city of [[Quilon]]. Chandanathoppe railway station is coming under the [[Madurai railway division]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]], [[Indian Railways]]. The nearest major rail head of Chandanathoppe railway station is [[Kollam Junction railway station]].

Indian Railways is connecting [[Chandanathoppe]] with various cities in India like [[Kollam]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Madurai]] & with various towns like [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]], [[Punalur]], [[Kottarakkara]], [[Nagercoil]], [[Varkala]] & [[Neyyattinkara]]. Nearest railway stations are {{stnlnk|Kundara}} and {{stnlnk|Kilikollur}}. All the Kollam–{{stnlnk|Punalur}}–Kollam passenger services and Punalur–[[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai]]–Punalur service have halts at Chandanathoppe<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-iii/ldtpart-iii_sr.pdf |title=Punalur-Quilon jn. Section – Indian Railway |access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref>

==Significance==
Chandanattop railway station is situated at the borders of [[Kollam]] city. [[Chandanathoppe]] is one among the cashew hubs of Kollam city. It is the nearest railway station to [[Government Industrial Training Institute, Chandanathope|Govt. ITI, Chandanathope]]. People from areas like Mammoodu, Mekone, Kuzhiyam, a portion of [[Kilikollur]] etc. are depending on this railway station.

Kilikollur station is situated 1.7 km away from Chandanattop, it is the shortest distance between two railway stations in India.

The station was inaugurated as a halt station in 1989-90 by then [[Member of parliament]] from [[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)]] Shri. [[S. Krishna Kumar]] following demand from students of [[Government Industrial Training Institute, Chandanathope|Govt. ITI, Chandanathope]]. The old station building having ticket counter was abandoned following gauge conversion in 2007-2010 period.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2010-05-11|title=Kollam-Punalur broad gauge line to be commissioned today|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Kollam-Punalur-broad-gauge-line-to-be-commissioned-today/article16299971.ece|access-date=2021-04-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Services==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:Gold;"| Train number
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:Gold;"| Source
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:Gold;"| Destination
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:Gold;"| Name/Type
|-
| valign="center" | 56332
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56331
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56334
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56700
| valign="center" | [[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai]]
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56333
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56336
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56335
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56701
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | [[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai]]
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56338
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | Passenger
|-
| valign="center" | 56337
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Punalur}}
| valign="center" | [[Kollam Junction]]
| valign="center" | Passenger
|}

==See also==
* [[Kollam Junction railway station]]
* [[Paravur railway station]]
* [[Kundara railway station]]
* [[Kilikollur railway station]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Railway stations in Kerala |state=expanded}}
{{Railways in Southern India}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Kollam district|Chandanattop]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kollam|Chandanattop]]
[[Category:Madurai railway division]]
[[Category:1904 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1904]]

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