Tiruvalla railway station (station code: TRVL) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. Tiruvalla is the only railway station in the Pathanamthitta District. It has daily trains to cities like Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Pune, Bhopal, Mumbai, New Delhi, Palani, Madurai, Kanyakumari and Rameswaram.
Layout Tiruvalla railway station has four platforms and four tracks. The railway station is one of the busy railway stations of Kerala, with about 6,000 passengers boarding trains on a daily basis, and generated an annual income of in the year 2016–17. Both long and short-distance trains stop at Tiruvalla, and at present the station is a way-side station, though terminal facilities could be developed. The Tiruvalla station lies in the Kayamkulam Junction–Kottayam–Ernakulam route, and along with the nearby Chengannur railway station, is an important station en route.
Modernisation The Indian Railways have included Tiruvalla railway station in its development plan for 2016–17. The platform work and doubling of the track are in progress. Battery operated buggies may be introduced at the Tiruvalla station soon, which shall also facilitate the ferrying of the elderly and physically challenged people in the railway station. At present, the platforms are not fully covered, and the full covering of all platforms including the fourth shall also be implemented. Installation of escalators is also considered, connecting the four platforms.Now erection of an escalator is in progress.
The Railways would also set up a covered vehicle parking area near the Railway Mail Service complex, besides an upper class waiting room and VIP lounge at the railway station.
The station renovation work as part of the Amrit Bharat Scheme is nearing completion. The construction of the main entrance of the railway station, entrance porch, entrance arch, ceremonial flag, flyover, providing facilities for smooth entry, exit, and parking of vehicles arriving at the station, landscaping, signal and telecommunication systems have been implemented as part of the project.
Significance Tiruvalla railway station is the only railway station in the district of Pathanamthitta. The main importance of this station is highlighted by the fact that Sabarimala, a pilgrimage centre, is located in this district. The station, apart from facilitating the traffic of the residents of the commercial centre of Thiruvalla town and the workers from other states, is the main refuge for people living in the hilly tracts of Mallappally, Ranni, Kozhencherry, as well as the low-lying areas of Upper Kuttanad. It is also the alighting point for pilgrimage centers like Sabarimala, Parumala Church, Sree Vallabha Temple, Chakkulathukavu Temple, St. George Forane Church, Edathua, Maramon Convention as well as the cave temple and the old Shiva Temple of Tiruvalla at Kaviyoor.
Major Trains Nagercoil–Mangaluru Amrit Bharat Express Charlapalli – Thiruvananthapuram North Amrit Bharat Express Kerala Express Thiruvananthapuram–Chennai Mail Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Superfast Express Sabari Superfast Express Kannur–Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi Express Kanyakumari–Pune Express Palaruvi Express Parasuram Express Island Express Malabar Express Vanchinad Express Venad Express Thiruvananthapuram Central–Mangaluru Central Express Amritha Express Thiruvananthapuram North–Nilambur Road Rajya Rani Express Himsagar Express (Weekly) Aronai Express (Weekly) Thiruvananthapuram North–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express (Biweekly) Thiruvananthapuram North–Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express (Triweekly) Ernakulam-Velankanni Express (Biweekly) Gandhidham–Nagercoil Express (Weekly) Gurudev Express (Weekly) Thiruvananthapuram–Veraval Express (Weekly) Thiruvananthpuram–Korba Express (Biweekly) Kollam–Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly) Kollam–Tirupati Express (Biweekly) Thiruvananthapuram North–Shri Ganganagar Junction Express (Weekly) Hubballi–Thiruvananthapuram North Superfast Express (Weekly) Kochuveli–Bhavnagar Express (Weekly) Guruvayur-Madurai Express
Facilities Computerised reservation ticket centre Computerised unreserved ticket centre Passenger information centre Tourist information centre IRCTC restaurant Passenger waiting rooms Escalator Lift First-Aid Room Foot overbridge ATM Prepaid autorikshaw counter Prepaid parking space
Train Timings + Towards North Train Number Train Name From To Via Time Schedule 22114 Thiruvananthapuram North - Mumbai LTT Superfast Thiruvananthapuram North Mumbai Lokamanya Tilak Kottayam, Ernakulam, Shoranur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangalore, Madgaon, Panvel 3:05 AM Mon, Thu 66322 Ernakulam MEMU Kollam Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 5:45 AM Daily 16791 Palaruvi Express Tuticorin Palakkad Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur 6:07 AM Daily 66328 Ernakulam MEMU Kollam Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 7:29 AM Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 16302 Venad Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Shoranur Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur 7:50 AM Daily 22648 Thiruvananthapuram North - Korba Superfast Thiruvananthapuram North Korba Kottayam, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Chennai, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Bilaspur 8:17 AM Mon, Thu 16650 Parasuram Express Kanyakumari Mangalore Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Shoranur, Kozhikode, Kannur 8:45 AM Daily 20360 Sabari Superfast Thiruvananthapuram Central Secunderabad Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Tirupati, Renigunta, Guntur 9:04 AM Daily 66303 Ernakulam MEMU Kollam Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 9:24 AM Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 16362 Velankanni - Ernakulam Express Velankanni Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 9:37 AM Mon, Wed 16364 Velankanni - Ernakulam Express Velankanni Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 9:38 AM Fri 12202 Thiruvananthapuram North - Mumbai LTT Garibrath Express Thiruvananthapuram North Mumbai Lokamanya Tilak Kottayam, Ernakulam, Shoranur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangalore, Madgaon, Panvel 11:16 AM Sun, Thu 17422 Kollam - Tirupati Express Kollam Tirupati Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi 11:55 AM Wed, Sat 66308 Ernakulam MEMU Kollam Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 12:26 PM Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 16382 Kanyakumari - Pune Express (Jayanti Janatha) Kanyakumari Pune Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Tirupati, Renigunta, Guntakal, Wadi, Solapur 1:10 PM Daily 12625 Kerala Express Thiruvananthapuram Central New Delhi Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Tirupati, Renigunta, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Faridabad 2:26 PM Daily 12778 Thiruvananthapuram North - SSS Hubbali Superfast Thiruvananthapuram North Hubli Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Podanur, Salem, Banaswadi, Tumkur, Davangere, Harihar 2:43 PM Thu 16562 Yeswanthpur AC Express Thiruvananthapuram North Yeswanthpur Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, KR Puram 2:43 PM Fri 16382 Kanyakumari - KSR Bengaluru Express (Island Express) Kanyakumari KSR Bengaluru Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Tirupattur, Bangarapet, KR Puram 3:20 PM Daily 16329 Nagercoil- Mangalore Amrit Bharat Express Nagercoil Mangalore Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Shoranur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasargod 3:36 PM Tue 16310 Ernakulam MEMU Express Kayankulam Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 3:53 PM Daily 66316 Kottayam MEMU Kollam Kottayam Changanasseri 4:05 PM Daily 12082 Thiruvananthapuram - Kannur Jan Shatabdi Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Kannur Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Shoranur, Kozhikode 4:54 PM Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 12624 Thiruvananthapuram - Chennai Mail Superfast (Chennai Mail) Thiruvananthapuram Central MGR Chennai Central Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi 5:10 PM Daily 16312 Thiruvananthapuram North - Shri Ganganagar Express Thiruvananthapuram North Shri Ganganagar Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangalore, Madgaon, Panvel, Surat, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur, Bikaner 5:54 PM Sat 19259 Bhavnagar Express Thiruvananthapuram North Bhavnagar Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangalore, Madgaon, Panvel, Surat, Ahmedabad 5:54 PM Thu 16334 Veraval Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Veraval Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangalore, Madgaon, Panvel, Surat, Ahmedabad, Rajkot 5:54 PM Mon 16336 Nagercoil - Gandhidham Express Nagercoil Gandhidham Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangalore, Madgaon, Panvel, Surat, Ahmedabad 6:14 PM Tue 12659 Gurudev Superfast Nagercoil Shalimar Kottayam, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Tirupati, Renigunta, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kharagpur, Santragachi 6:22 PM Sun 16317 Himsagar Express Kanyakumari Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Kottayam, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Tirupati, Renigunta, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Bhopal, New Delhi, Rohtak, Ludhiana, Jammu Tawi 6:22 PM Fri 18502 Visakhapatnam Express Kollam Visakhapatnam Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Podanur, Salem, Katpadi, Renigunta, Ongole, Vijayawada 6:27 PM Wed 16366 Kottayam Express Nagercoil Kottayam Changanasseri 6:49 PM Daily 12507 Aronai Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Silchar Kottayam, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Perambur, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kharagpur, Malda, Kamakhya, Guwahati, Badarpur 7:06 PM Tue 12258 Yeshwanthpur Garib Rath Express Thiruvananthapuram North Yeshwanthpur Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Hosur 7:06 PM Mon, Wed, Fri 12696 Chennai Superfast Thiruvananthapuram Central MGR Chennai Central Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi 7:29 PM Daily 17042 Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express Thiruvananthapuram North Charlapalli Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Renigunta, Ongole, Guntur 7:40 PM Wed 16313 Antyodaya Express Thiruvananthapuram North Mangalore Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasargod 7:41 PM Mon 16304 Vanchinad Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam, Tripunithura 8:27 PM Daily 18568 Visakhapatnam Express Kollam Visakhapatnam Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Salem, Katpadi, Renigunta, Ongole, Vijayawada 8:56 PM Fri 16327 Madurai Guruvayur Express Madurai Guruvayur Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur 9:06 PM Daily 16629 Malabar Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Mangalore Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasargod 9:33 PM Daily 16310 Ernakulam MEMU Kollam Ernakulam Junction Changanasseri, Kottayam 10:28 PM Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 16343 Amritha Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Rameswaram Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Pollachi, Palani, Madurai 10:50 PM Daily 16349 Rajya Rani Express Thiruvananthapuram North Nilambur Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Shoranur 11:12 PM Daily 16347 Mangalore Express Thiruvananthapuram Central Mangalore Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Shoranur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasargod 11:31 PM Daily