Eraniel railway station
Eraniel Railway station is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It in Eraniel is the most important railway station of Kallkkulam taluk of Kanyakumari district in the Tamil Nadu state of India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Tamil Nadu
- Also known as: “Eraniel Railway station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eraniel Palace and St. Mary’s Church, Thiruvithamcode.
Eraniel Palace
Castle
Eraniel Palace is a small palace located near Eraniel village, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, South India and is considered a treasure-trove of Travancore and Venad history. Eraniel Palace is situated 1¼ km southeast of Eraniel railway station.
St. Mary’s Church, Thiruvithamcode
Church
Photo: Davidj233, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thiruvithamcode Arappally, or Thomayar Kovil or St. Mary's Orthodox Church, is a church located in Thiruvithamcode in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu state in India. St. Mary’s Church, Thiruvithamcode is situated 3 km north of Eraniel railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eraniel and Thingalnagar.
Eraniel
Town
Photo: Etsubash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eraniel is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is of major commercial and political importance in the history of South India, as it was the seasonal capital of the affluent Venad and later Travancore kingdoms until the seventeenth century, when Padmanabhapuram and Thiruvananthapuram rose to prominence.
Thingalnagar
Town
Thingalnagar is the town panchayat, located in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The origin of the name "Thingalnagar" is that every Monday, people from several nearby villages, wholesalers, and farmers for trading gather at the market.
Thiruvithamcode
Town
Thiruvithamcode, is a small panchayat town located in the Kanyakumari district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thiruvithamcode is about 20 km from Nagercoil and 2 km from Thuckalay. Thiruvithamcode is situated 3½ km north of Eraniel railway station.
Eraniel railway station
- Categories: station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: Kalkulam, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.21343° or 8° 12′ 48″ northLongitude
77.30763° or 77° 18′ 28″ eastElevation
56 metres (184 feet)Operator
SRNetwork
IRAbbreviation
“ERL”Open location code
6JWV6875+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 979109389OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Eraniel railway station” goes by many names.
- French: “Eraniel”
- Hindi: “इरणियल रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Malayalam: “ഇരണിയൽ തീവണ്ടി നിലയം”
- Oriya: “ଇରଣିୟଲ ରେଳ ଷ୍ଟେସନ”
- Santali: “ᱤᱨᱟᱱᱤᱞ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
- Tamil: “இரணியல் இரயில் நிலையம்”
- Tamil: “இரணியல் தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
- Urdu: “ایرانیل ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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