page_title: Transport in Thiruvananthapuram
section_title: Rail
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Thiruvananthapuram / Rail
caption_attribution_description: English: photographer&#160;: Rajith Mohan
context_page_description: The Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram has a well-developed transport infrastructure. The city and its suburbs may be traversed using road and rail. Within the city, city buses, taxis and auto rickshaws provide mobility. Scooters and motorcycles are the favored means of personal transport. Ola, Uber and a taxi service operate there.
context_section_description: Six railway stations operate within city limits, including Thiruvananthapuram central station and three stations that serve the metropolitan area. Thiruvananthapuram Pettah, Kochuveli railway station, Kazhakoottam and Veli Railway Stations are located towards the north and Nemom railway station is to the south. The Central railway station is located at Thampanoor, 8 km from the airport. Kaniyapuram, Balaramapuram and Neyyattinkara railway stations serve the metropolitan area.
  The city is connected by rail to almost all major cities in India on a daily basis, while cities like Amritsar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Jammu Tawi, Dibrugarh, Lucknow, Bilaspur, Indore, Howrah and Guwahati are multi-day journeys. Kochuveli railway station is a satellite station developed to ease congestion. Thiruvananthapuram is the first major South Indian city on the longest train route in India, Kanyakumari to Jammu.
caption: Trivandrum Central railway station
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