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United Electrical Industries Limited or UNILEC or UEIL (locally known as Meter Company) is an ISO 9001:2015 certified State Level Public Enterprise, operating in the electrical engineering sector since 1950. The company was founded on 3 October 1950 and is situated in the city of Kollam, Kerala. [3]
Volk's Electric Railway: Volk's Railway prior to 1884 (current fed through running rails) 110: third rail: Claims to be the world's oldest operational electric railway 160: Volk's Railway between 1884 and 1980s 100: fourth rail: Beaulieu: Beaulieu Monorail (National Motor Museum – Beaulieu Palace House) current fed by 2 contact wires 180: See ...
It is the busiest railway station in Kerala state in terms of rail traffic with 189 halting trains. At ₹ 97 crore (equivalent to ₹ 121 crore or US$14 million in 2023) in financial year 2018–19, it is the fourth largest in terms of passenger revenues in Kerala and the eighth largest in Southern Railway. [ 4 ]
Indian Railways decided to adopt the 25 kV AC system of electrification as a standard in 1957, with SNCF as their consultant in the early stages, [5] [6] later taken over by the "50 c/s Group". The joint venture was founded in 1954 by several European railway manufacturers and was dedicated to the development and construction of locomotives ...
First Railway service in erstwhile Travancore was started on 1904 November 26. It was Kollam-Sengottai Metre-gauge railway. Kollam district has the highest number of operational railway stations (25) in Kerala, while Palakkad district has the highest number of stations (28). Shoranur Junction(SRR) is the largest railway station in the state. [8]
It is the second largest railway station in Kerala in terms of area and largest in terms of number of tracks and one of the oldest railway stations in the state. It is also the second busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of trains handled per day. World's third longest railway platform is situated at Kollam railway station. [4] [5] [6]
Edamann railway station (station code:EDN) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [1] It serves Edamann, located on Kollam–Sengottai branch line in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The Ministry of Railways, in its budget for fiscal year 2011–2012, announced to develop Nemom as second satellite passenger terminal to Thiruvananthapuram Central. Thiruvananthapuram thus will become the first city in Kerala to have two satellite stations.