Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Thiruvananthapuram also provides a key link in the movement of goods and passengers to and from southern parts of Tamilnadu into Kerala , the state border being just 30 km away from the city center .
Simplified: Thiruvananthapuram also provides a key link in movement of goods and passengers to and from southern Tamilnadu into Kerala , the state border being just 30 km away .