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Guruvayur–Thrissur spur line

Guruvayur–Thrissur spur line
Thrissur Railway Station.jpg
View of Thrissur railway station
Overview
Type Regional rail
System Electrified
Status Operational
Locale Thrissur District
Termini Thrissur
Guruvayur
Stations 2
Services 1
Website http://southernrailway.gov.in/sr/indexhome.jsp
Operation
Opened 9 January 1994; 23 years ago (1994-01-09)
Owner Southern Railway zone
Operator(s) Thiruvananthapuram railway division
Technical
Line length 23 kilometres (14 mi)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification Fully
Route map
km
0 Guruvayur
15 Amala Nagar
Right arrowto Shoranur Junction
21 Punkunnam
23 Thrissur
Down arrowto Ernakulam Junction

Guruvayur–Thrissur section is a spur line functioning under Trivandrum railway division of Southern Railway Zone. This is a single Broad Gauge line which begins at Thrissur city in Thrissur District and ends at Guruvayur in Thrissur District of Kerala. The 23 kilometres (14 mi) section was opened for traffic in the year 1994. The line connects the Cultural Capital of Kerala, Thrissur to the Temple Town of Kerala, Guruvayur, the fourth biggest temple in India in terms of the number of devotees per day.

In 1983, Kamalpati Tripathi, then Minister of Railways (India) announced the construction of Thrissur-Guruvayur-Kuttipuram section. But following stiff opposition from the local people, Kuttipuram was dropped. After carrying out detailed studies and examining various alternatives, it was decided to connect Tanur, on the Shoranur - Mangalore Section, to Guruvayur. On 19 January 1985 Indian Railway officially notifies Guruvayur-Tanur line for construction as temple town is a notified pilgrimage area. Rajiv Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India in 1987 inaugurated the first alignment line of Guruvayur-Tanur section.


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