Located on the Malabar Coasts on the Arabian Seas in South West India, Kerala is a beautiful land full of greenery, curvy backwaters, azure sea waves, sunny beaches, pines, coconuts, cashews and lots more. One of the prominent states in India, Kerala is popular for its tourism, trade, culture, and literacy rate and ayurvedic therapy.
The job of connecting various cities of Kerala and connecting the state to other states is well done by Indian railways. Since railways in India are nothing less than lifelines of the nation, Kerala can also be conveniently approached and explored with the help of railways. A carefully designed Kerala railway map can make it easy for you to plan your journey to and within the state.
Using this clickable Kerala railway map, you can see that there are 200 Railway stations in the state having its network within and outside the state. The span of railways in Kerala is 1050 km long that is spread on the 13 railways routes and it includes 933 Kms of broad gauge and 117 Kms of meter gauge lines.
Many long distance trains connect Kerala to several other major and small Indian cities such as Chennai, Coimbatore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Delhi. In addition, Kerala is also connected to the other far ends of the nation including Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast, all credit goes to railways.
Since trade and tourism in Kerala are huge industries, the state depends upon railways heavily.
Thiruvananthapuram , the capital city of the state, is well connected by railways to other cities in Kerala and in the other corners of the nation as well. The most important and the busiest stations in the state are Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Shornur and Kozikhode. Konkan railway lines are very important track running on the western coast that connects the stat to Mumbai and other regions lying on the western coast. Other important rail routes in the state are Kollam -Madurai and Shornur - Erode railway lines.
Since Kerala is largely spread on the coast, a distance between its cities is quite huge and that can be easily covered via railways. Railways in Kerala provide quick and efficient method of transit for all who come to the state for one or other reasons. Besides offering convenient method of travel, railways are affordable too for most people. The clickable Kerala railway map is a useful tool if you are planning to book a railway journey to any city in the state.
Last Updated on : 4/5/2012
