Varkala Sivagiri railway station

This article is about the railway station. For the pilgrimage centre, see Sivagiri, Kerala.

Varkala Sivagiri Station
Indian Railway Station
Varkala Sivagiri Railway Station view towads south from foot overbridge
Location	Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
Coordinates
Line(s)	Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram line
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	VAK
Zone(s)	SR
Division(s)	Thiruvananthapuram

Varkala railway station also known as Varkala Sivagiri Railway Station, station code VAK, is a major railway station serving the district of Thiruvananthapuram of Kerala. It is situated in the municipality of Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district. It falls in the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is on Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram railway line and is an important railway station in Thiruvananthapuram district, after the Thiruvananthapuram Central station. In close proximity to the station is Varkala Bus Station.

Name of the Station

The station name used to be 'Varkala' till 2005. It was renamed "Varkala Sivagiri" after the samadhi of Sri Narayana Guru,situated in Varkala in the year 2005. Most of the trains are allowed temporary halt in this station during a week period of the famous "Sivagiri Theerthadanam" (Sivagiri Pilgrimage).

Significance

Varkala beach which is one of the popular tourist destination in kerala is at a distance of 5 km from the railway station.Sivagiri Mutt founded by the social reformer Sree Narayana Guru is situated at the top of the Sivagiri hill near Varkala.Janardana Swami Temple is a Vaishnavite shrine which is estimated to be 2000-year-old.

Trains at a Glance

Express Trains

No.	Train No:	Origin	Destination	Train Name
1.	12623/12624	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Chennai Central	Trivandrum Mail
2.	12695/12696	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Chennai Central	Chennai Superfast Express
3.	16331/16332	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus	Mumbai Express
4.	16345/16346	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus	Netravati Express
5.	12624/12625	Thiruvananthapuram Central	New Delhi	Kerala Express
6.	16347/16348	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Mangalore Central	Mangalore Express
7.	16603/16604	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Mangalore Central	Maveli Express
8.	16629/16630	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Mangalore Central	Malabar Express
9.	17229/17230	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Hyderabad Deccan	Sabari Express
10.	12075/12076	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Kozhikode via Alappuzha	Jan Shatabdi Express
11.	16301/16302	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Shornur Junction	Venad Express
12.	16303/16304	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Ernakulam Junction	Vanchinad Express
13.	16341/16342	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Guruvayur	Intercity Express
14.	16343/16344	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Palakkad Town	Amritha Express
15.	16348/16349	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Nilambur Road	Rajya Rani Express
16.	12659/12660	Nagercoil	Shalimar	Gurudev Express
17.	16605/16606	Nagercoil	Mangalore	Ernad Express
18.	16649/16650	Nagercoil	Mangalore Central	Parasuram Express
19.	16127/16128	Guruvayur	Chennai Egmore	Guruvayur Chennai Egmore Express
20.	16525/16526	Kanyakumari	Bangalore	Island Express
21.	16381/16382	Kanyakumari	Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus	Jayanthi Janatha Express

Passenger Trains

No.	Train No:	Origin	Destination	Train Name
1.	56307/56308	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Kollam Junction	Kollam Passenger
2.	56700/56701	Punalur	Madurai	Punalur Madurai Passenger
3.	66304/66305	Kollam Junction	Kanyakumari	Kollam Kanyakumari MEMU
4.	56304	Nagercoil	Kottayam	Nagercoil Kottayam Passenger
5.	56715/56716	Punalur	Kanyakumari	Punalur Kanyakumari Passenger

See also

• Trivandrum Central
• Kollam Junction
• Paravur Railway Station
• Karunagappalli railway station
• Punalur