Railway Station Quilon {Kollam} - 1904
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Train service began in Travancore on November 26,1904,with the completion of the Chengotta -Punalur meter gauge line. On November 4,1931,the Trivandrum Central Railway Station was launched . In 1956 during the formation of Kerala ,the total length of railway line in the State was 745 km.Ernakulam and Kollam were not connected by rail then. The Ernakulam -Kottayam and Kottayam -Quilon railway lines were completed in 1956 and 1958 respectively. In December 1971,a Rs. 13.59 -crore project to convert the Trivandrum -Ernakulam line (220 km) from metre gauge to broad gauge was sanctioned. The work was completed in 1976.
This Details from Mr: Nithyanand N Swamy.
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