Munroturuttu railway station

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Munroturuttu railway station - Wikipedia

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Munroe Island
Mundrothuruthu

Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station

Name board of Munroturuttu railway station

General information

Location

Chittumala road, Munrothuruthu, Kollam, Kerala
India

Coordinates

8°59′40″N 76°36′42″E / 8.994541°N 76.611542°E

Owned by

Indian Railways

Operated by

Southern Railway zone

Line(s)

Kayamkulam Junction–Kollam Junction–Thiruvananthapuram Central

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At–grade

Other information

Status

Functioning

Station code

MQO

Zone(s)

Southern Railway zone

Division(s)

Thiruvananthapuram

Fare zone

Indian Railways

History

Opened

1958; 66 years ago^{[citation needed]}

Electrified

25 kV AC 50 Hz

Route map

Ernakulam–Kottayam–
Kayamkulam–Kollam line

Legend

to Alappuzha

Ernakulam Junction

to Aluva

Ernakulam D Cabin

A L Jacob overpass

Kaloor Road

Ponnurunni overpass

NH 66

Kaniyampuzha River

Eroor overpass

NH 85

Tripunithura

Hill Palace Road

Chottanikkara Road

Arakunnam overpass

Mulanturutti

Mulanturutti Block Road

Kanjiramittam

Muvattupuzha River

Chullithodu

Valiyathodu River

Kaduturutti Halt

Malliyoor Bypass

North overpass

Kuruppanthara

Malliyoor Bypass

South overpass

Ettumanur

Ettumanur overpass

SH 32

Meenachil River

Kumaranalloor overpass

Kumaranallur

Meenachil River

SH 1

Kottayam

overpass

Mother Teresa Road

NH 183

Kodoor River

Puthupally Road

Sree Durga Temple Road

Chingavanam

Paruthumpara Road

overpass

Chethipuzha Kurichy Road

Kurichy overpass

Plamoodu overpass

Vazhoor Road

Changanasseri

Kaviyoor Road

Kuttapuzha Road

Tiruvalla

SH 7

Manimala River

Varattar River

overpass

Pamba River

NH 183

Chengannur

SH 10

101

Cheriyanad

Achankovil River

SH 10

Kallumala overpass

Kattanam Road

107

Mavelikara

Pullamplavil underpass

Mavellikara - Kayamkulam Road

to Alappuzha

115

Kayamkulam Junction

SH 5

121

Ochira

Chakkuvally Road

129

Karunagappalli

Kottarakkara Road

Thodiyur overpass

Pallikkal River

136

Sasthamkotta

NH 183A

Kanatharkunnam overpass

Kallada River

139

Munroturuttu

Pezhumthuruthu

Perumon Lake

Perumon overpass

147

Perinad

NH 183

NH 744

to Punalur

Kollam Bypass

Kallumthazham overpass

Chemmamukku overpass

156

Kollam D Junction

to
Thiruvananthapuram Junction
Central

Location
Munroe Island Mundrothuruthu Location within India Show map of India Munroe Island Mundrothuruthu Munroe Island Mundrothuruthu (Kerala) Show map of Kerala

Munroturuttu railway station or Mundrothuruthu railway station (Code:MQO) is an 'HG 2 Category' halt railway station, situated between Perinad and Sasthamkotta railway stations of Kollam district in Kerala state, India. The station is coming under the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.^[1] The nearest major rail head of Munrothuruthu railway station is Kollam Junction railway station.

Location

Munroe Island (also called as Mundrothuruthu) is an island located at the union of Ashtamudi Lake and the Kallada River. It was one of the old settlements of Dutch who had arrived at Kerala. This place is named as an honor to Colonel John Munro, who was the divan or the prime minister of the former Princely State of Travancore.^[2] Mundrothuruthu is a tourism spot situated at the outskirts of Kollam city, about 25 km away from the city proper.^[3] This backwater marvel is attracting a huge number of tourists every day.^[4] The Kayal(Lake) Pradakshina Cruise operated by local boat owner are available here in Mundrothuruthu. Narrow waterways, canals, lagoons, and the islands of Pathupara are the other attractions of the Munroe Island. There are a number of coconut farms on either side of the waterways.^[5]

Services

Mundrothuruthu is well connected with various cities in India like Kollam, Trivandrum, Kochi, Thrissur, Kottayam, Alappuzha through Indian Railways.^[6]

Trains having halt at the station.

No.	Train no	Origin	Destination	Train name
1.	16341/16342	Thiruvananthapuram Central	Guruvayur	Intercity Express
2.	56300/56301	Kollam Junction	Alappuzha	Passenger
3.	56391/56392	Kollam Junction	Ernakulam	Passenger
4.	56305	Kottayam	Kollam Junction	Passenger
5.	56304	Nagercoil Junction	Kottayam	Passenger
6.	66300/66301	Kollam Junction	Ernakulam	MEMU
7.	66307/66308	Ernakulam	Kollam Junction	MEMU
8.	56393/56394	Kottayam	Kollam Junction	Passenger
9.	66302/66303	Kollam Junction	Ernakulam	MEMU
10.	56365/56366	Guruvayur	Punalur	Fast Passenger

References

Railway stations in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram	Parassala Neyyattinkara Nemom Thiruvananthapuram Central Thiruvananthapuram Pettah Kochuveli Kazhakuttam Chirayinkeezhu Kadakkavoor Varkala Sivagiri Paravur Mayyanad Eravipuram Kollam Junction Perinad Munroturuttu Sasthamkotta Karunagappalli Ochira Kayamkulam Junction Haripad Thakazhy Ambalappuzha Alappuzha Mararikulam Cherthala Thuravoor Mavelikara Chengannur Tiruvalla Changanasseri Kottayam Ettumanur Vaikom Road Piravam Road Chottanikkara Road Tripunithura Ernakulam Junction Ernakulam Town Cochin Harbour Terminus Edappally Aluva Chowwara Angamaly Koratty Divine Nagar Chalakudi Irinjalakuda Nellayi Pudukad Ollur Thrissur Punkunnam Guruvayur Mulankunnathukavu Wadakkanchery Mullurkara Vallathol Nagar
Palakkad	Shoranur Junction Ottapalam Lakkidi Palakkad Junction Palakkad Town Kollengode Kanjikode Walayar Angadipuram Tirur Tirunnavaya Tanur Parappanangadi Ferok Kozhikode West Hill Koyilandy Payyoli Vadakara Nadapuram Road Mahe Jaganath Temple Gate Thalassery Dharmadam Edakkad Kannur South Kannur Chirakkal Valapattanam Kannapuram Pazhayangadi Ezhimala Payyanur Thrikaripur Cheruvathur Nileshwar Kanhangad Bekal Fort Kotikulam Kasaragod Kumbla Uppala Manjeshwar Vadanamkurishshi Kulukkallur Vallapuzha Cherukara Angadipuram Pattikkad Melattur Tuvvur Thodiyappulam Vaniyambalam Nilambur Road
MaduraiTooltip Madurai railway division	Kilikollur Chandanattop Ezhukone Kundara Kundara East Kottarakara Kuri Auvaneeswaram Punalur Edamann Thenmala Kazhuthurutty New Aryankavu Aryankavu

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Railway companies

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

Zones and divisions

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.