page_title: Thampanoor
hierarchical_section_title: Thampanoor
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Thampanoor , Trivandrum City, India.
context_page_description: Thampanoor is the geographic center of the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram. The busiest railway station of the state in terms of daily passengers, Thiruvananthapuram Central, is located at Thampanoor. It caters an average of 40,908 passengers a day, making Trivandrum Central the busiest railway station in Kerala. Adjacent to the railway station is the major Bus Terminal of Kerala, the Central Bus Station, Thiruvananthapuram. Thampanoor is administered by Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. Councillor of Thampanoor Corporation Ward is Adv. M.V Jayalekshmi.
  Thampanoor is also the hub of a variety of hotel suites and lodging facilities, suiting the needs of all types of passengers. Some of which include Apollo Dimora, Hyacinth, Central Residency, Hotel Horizon, Greenland Lodging, Hotel Chaithram and numerous other big and small lodging facilities and restaurants. Thampanoor also houses many major Cinema Halls of the city, including Kairali, Sree, Nila, Aries Plex, New, Sree Kumar, Sree Vishakh, etc. Shopping Malls such as Pothys, Big Bazaar, etc., are located around here.
context_section_description: Thampanoor is the geographic center (CBD) of the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram. The busiest railway station of the state in terms of daily passengers, Thiruvananthapuram Central (Station Code: TVC), is located at Thampanoor. It caters an average of 40,908 passengers a day (2017-18), making Trivandrum Central the busiest railway station in Kerala.  Adjacent to the railway station is the major Bus Terminal of Kerala, the Central Bus Station, Thiruvananthapuram (TVM). Thampanoor is administered by Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. Councillor of Thampanoor Corporation Ward is Adv. M.V Jayalekshmi. 
  Thampanoor is also the hub of a variety of hotel suites and lodging facilities, suiting the needs of all types of passengers. Some of which include Apollo Dimora, Hyacinth, Central Residency, Hotel Horizon, Greenland Lodging, Hotel Chaithram and numerous other big and small lodging facilities and restaurants. Thampanoor also houses many major Cinema Halls of the city, including Kairali, Sree, Nila, Aries Plex, New, Sree Kumar, Sree Vishakh, etc. Shopping Malls such as Pothys, Big Bazaar, etc., are located around here. The S.S Kovil Road in Thampanoor is home to numerous coaching centres for various Competitive Exams for securing Government Jobs such as Indian Civil Services, Bank, SSC, UPSC, Kerala PSC, etc. Thampanoor is also home to Regional offices of major newspapers and medias such as Malayala Manorama, Deshabhimani,  Mangalam, Asianet News, News18 Kerala, Janamtv etc. 
  Thampanoor Railway Station is connected by daily train services to various major cities in India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Trichy, Kochi, Kozhikode etc. Daily bus services, both KSRTC and Private services are available from here to major cities in India. 
  Padmanabha Swamy Temple at East Fort, Trivandrum, is located just a mile away from Thampanoor Junction. Trivandrum Museums and Zoo is located about two miles away from here. Chalai Bazaar, one of the busiest market in the state, is located less than a mile from Thampanoor. Local Bus Service to any place in Trivandrum are available either from Thampanoor or East Fort, both located almost a mile apart. Kochuveli Railway Station, the Satellite Rail Terminal of Trivandrum City, is located 7.9 km away from Thampanoor and can be reached by bus or local passenger trains. Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is located at a distance of 4.3 km from here. Thampanoor Police Station is located near the Railway Station.
caption: Aerial view of Thampanoor, towards the north
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