page_title: Thiruvananthapuram railway division
section_title: MEMU/suburban trains
hierarchical_section_title: Thiruvananthapuram railway division / MEMU/suburban trains
caption_attribution_description: English: MEMU at Kollam.MEMU is a commuter rail system in India operated by the Indian Railway
context_page_description: Thiruvananthapuram railway division is one of the six administrative divisions of the Southern Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. It has its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state of Kerala and It is 5th largest railway division in Southern Railway. Thiruvananthapuram Division, formed on 2 October 1979, serves eight districts of
  the southern part of the Kerala state and some parts of Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu. With 104 stationsin its territorial jurisdiction, it is the fourth largest out of six divisions in Southern Railway. It is the southernmost railway division of India and manages 625 km of route track and 108 railway stations in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The major stations of the division are Thiruvananthapuram Central, Ernakulam Junction, Kollam Junction, Thrissur, Kottayam, Chengannur, Kayamkulam, Aluva, Nagercoil Junction, Kanniyakumari, Alappuzha, Tiruvalla, Kochuveli and Varkala.
context_section_description: A MEMU shed for Kollam was proposed in 2008's Indian Railway Budget. Kollam MEMU CarShed was formally commissioned on 1 December 2013. Currently the MEMU trains runs between Kollam Junction to Greater Cochin region via Kottayam and via Alappuzha. The fastest three phase ICF Memu cars are plying in this section. Kollam MEMU Shed is the largest MEMU Shed in Kerala, which is equipped with most modern facilities.
caption: A MEMU train near Kollam MEMU Shed
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