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{{Infobox station
| name = Kayamkulam Junction
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| type = [[Express train]] & [[Passenger train]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = കായംകുളം ജങ്ക്ഷൻ തീവണ്ടി നിലയം.jpg
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| address = [[Kayamkulam]], [[Alappuzha district]], [[Kerala]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|9.1825|76.5128|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| map_type = India#India Kerala
| line = [[Ernakulam–Kayamkulam coastal railway line]], [[Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line]], [[Kayamkulam]]–[[Kollam]] line
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| platform = 5
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| tracks = 6
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| parking = Available
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| opened = {{start date and age|1958}}{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| code = '''KYJ'''
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| passengers = 8,561 per day (2018–19 FY)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1566121709913-ANNUAL%20EARNINGS.pdf |title=Annual originating passengers and earnings for the year 2018-19 - Thiruvananthapuram Division|publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| classification = '''NSG-3'''
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| route_map = {{Ernakulam–Alappuzha–Kayamkulam–Kollam line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Kayamkulam Junction railway station''' (station code: '''KYJ''') is a railway station in [[Kerala]], located at [[Kayamkulam]], [[Alappuzha district]]. It is an NSG 3 category station. It stands at the junction of three lines- south towards [[Thiruvananthapuram Central|Thiruvananthapuram]] via [[Kollam Junction|Kollam]], north towards [[Ernakulam Junction|Ernakulam]] via {{stnlnk|Alappuzha}} and north-east towards [[Ernakulam Junction]]/[[Ernakulam Town]] via {{stnlnk|Kottayam}}. The station is located at a distance of 1.7 km from Kayamkulam town, near to Kayamkulam–[[Punalur]] Road (KP road). In 2018, the rail wi-fi broad-band connection has been introduced in Kayamkulam.

==History==
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Kayamkulam rail link came into existence in 1958 when [[Kollam]]–{{stnlnk|Kottayam}} railway line was inaugurated. The railway station was upgraded to a junction station in 1992 when the rail link via {{stnlnk|Alappuzha}} to [[Ernakulam Junction|Ernakulam]] was inaugurated.

==Layout==
This station has five platforms and six tracks to handle long and short distance trains and goods trains.

Platforms 1 and 2 handles the trains towards the North (PF No. 1 for trains via [[Alappuzha railway station|Alappuzha]] [coastal railway line] & 2 for trains via [[Kottayam railway station|Kottayam]]). The lines via both sides meet up at [[Ernakulam Junction railway station|Ernakulam Junction]] station[South station] but the line via Kottayam diverges to the Northern side [<nowiki/>[[Ernakulam Town railway station|Ernakulam Town]] - North station] about a kilometer away before the line loops over to meet the line from Alappuzha at Ernakulam Junction. This is to decongest the railway traffic at Ernakulam - the trains via Alappuzha stops at Ernakulam Junction but not Ernakulam Town and the trains via Kottayam stops at Ernakulam Town by taking the diverging line without entering Ernakulam Junction except a few number of trains that stop at both the North and South stations.

Platforms 3 & 4 handles the trains running towards the Southern side ([[Kollam Junction railway station|Kollam]] - [[Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station|Thiruvananthapuram]] - [[Nagercoil Junction railway station|Nagercoil]] - [[Kanniyakumari railway station|Kanyakumari]]). PF 3 handles trains from Ernakulam via Alappuzha and the PF 4 for trains from Ernakulam via Kottayam.

Platform 5 is reserved for the passengers that originates from Kayamkulam and terminates at Ernakulam Junction. The 6th track adjacent to the fifth track of PF 5 is used for goods trains to load and unload goods at Kayamkulam.

==Services==
The train services that originate from Kayamkulam are the four passengers of which three terminate at Ernakulam and one at Alappuzha.

56380 (Kayamkulam - Ernakulam) is a daily passenger via Alappuzha that starts from Kayamkulam at 8:20 am and reaches Ernakulam at 10:50 am.

56382(Kayamkulam - Ernakulam) is a daily passenger via Alappuzha that starts from Kayamkulam at 12:55 pm and reaches Ernakulam at 3:30 pm.

56388 (Kayamkulam - Ernakulam) is a daily passenger via Kottayam that starts from Kayamkulam at 4:30 pm and reaches Ernakulam at 7:45 pm.

56378 (Kayamkulam - Alappuzha) is a daily passenger that starts from Kayamkulam at 10:20 pm and reaches Alappuzha at 11:30 pm.

All of these passengers are currently not in service due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory|COVID-19 pandemic]].

== See also ==

*[[Southern Railway zone]]
*[[Oachira railway station]]
*[[Karunagappally railway station]]
*[[Mavelikara railway station]]
*[[Cheppad railway station]]
*[[Haripad railway station]]
*[[Cheriyanad railway station]]
*[[Chengannur railway station]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{Thiruvananthapuram Railway division}}

[[Category:Thiruvananthapuram railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Alappuzha district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Kerala]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1958]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Kerala]]

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