Trivandrum railway division

Thiruvananthapuram railway division

Thiruvananthapuram Central Station
Locale	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Dates of operation	October 2, 1979 (1979-10-02)–
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Previous gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC 50 Hz
Length	625 km
Headquarters	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Thiruvananthapuram railway division (TVC) is one of the six administrative divisions of the Southern Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. It has its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state of Kerala. It is the southernmost railway division of India and manages 625 km of route track and 108 railway stations in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The major stations of the division are Thiruvananthapuram Central, Ernakulam Jn, Thrissur, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Kollam Jn, Kottayam, Chengannur, Nagercoil Jn, Alappuzha, Kayamkulam Jn, Tiruvalla, Kanyakumari, and Kochuveli.

The Thiruvananthapuram (TVC) division was formed on 2 October 1979 as the 53rd division in the country. TVC was created by joining the existing Shoranur - Thrissur - Ernakulam - Cochin Harbor Terminus section of the Olavakkod (now Palakkad) railway division and the Ernakulam - Kottayam - Kayamkulam - Kollam - Trivandrum - Nagercoil - Kanniyakumari section of the Madurai division. The Trivandrum - Nagercoil - Kanniyakumari section had completed construction only a few months before the formation of TVC and the Nagercoil-Tirunelveli section was undergoing construction. The Ernakulam - Alappuzha - Kayamkulam line and the Thrissur (Punkunnam) - Guruvayur line did not exist then and were later built by the Trivandrum division.