Kannur railway station
Kannur junction railway station | |
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| Indian Railway Station | |
 View of Kannur Railway Station | |
| Location |
, Kannur, Kerala India |
| Coordinates | 11°52′08″N 75°21′20″E / 11.8689°N 75.3555°ECoordinates: 11°52′08″N 75°21′20″E / 11.8689°N 75.3555°E |
| Line(s) | 9 |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 9 |
| Construction | |
| Parking | yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CAN |
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway |
| Division(s) | Palakkad |
| Electrified | no |
Kannur, also known as Cannanore, is one of the busiest railway station in Kerala located in the Kannur City. It is operated by the Southern Railway of the Indian Railways. There are many trains operating towards Southern Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and North India. Kannur and Kannur South are two different stations which serves Kannur City.[1][2]
This Station has Four platforms, namely Platform No.1, 1A,2 & 3 and TWO entrances. Another platform and new exclusive entrance is under construction towards east. The Platform number 1 of the Kannur Railway Station is the second longest railway platform in the state of Kerala.[3]
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Important trains originating from Kannur
- Kannur - Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi Express[4]
- Kannur - Yeswantpur Express (Via Palghat and Salem)
- Kannur - Bangaluru City Express (Via Mangalore)
- Kannur - Ernakulam (Executive Express Thursday,Saturday only)
- Kannur - Alappuzha (Executive Express except Thursday,Saturday)
- Kannur - Ernakulam (Intercity Express)
Passenger trains
- Kannur - Coimbatore
- Kannur - Mangalore
- Kannur - Calicut
- Kannur - Shoranur
- Kannur - Cheruvathur
Important trains passing through Kannur
- Hazrat Nizamuddin - Trivandrum Rajdhani Express
- Hazrat Nizamuddin - Ernakulam Mangla Lakshadweep Express
- Chennai - Mangalore Mail
- Chennai - Mangalore West Coast Express
- Chennai - Mangalore Superfast Express
- Chennai Egmore - Mangalore Express via Trichy
- Mumbai (LTT) - Trivandrum Nethravathi Express
- Mumbai (LTT) - Kochuveli Garibrath Express
Kannur is connected to several major Indian cities via daily direct trains. Some of the cities connected, with details of trains, are given below:
- New Dehi by: Trivandrum-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express & Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Express
- Mumbai by: Trivandrum-Lokamanya Tilak (Mumbai) Netravati Express,Kochuveli-Lokmanya Tilak Garibrath express
- Chennai by: Mangalore-Chennai (Chennai Mail, West Coast, Egmore and Chennai Express)
- Bangalore by: Kannur-Yeswantpur (2 Express; one via Salem and another via Mangalore)
- Ahmedabad by: Ernakulam-Okha Express
- Pune by: Ernakulam-Pune Poorna Express,Ernakulam Pune Superfast express
- Jaipur by: Ernakulam-Ajmer Marusagar Express
- Goa by: Ernakulam-Madgoan express and all trains passing through Konkan railways
- Hyderabad by: Kacheguda Express
- Kolkata by: Vivek Express
Facilities available
- Two widened Foot overbridges connecting all the platforms
- Retiring rooms at cheapest cost
- Easy access to road network
- Taxi, Auto and bus services at one step
- Parcel Service
- Passenger Waiting Hall for all classes
- IRCTC Restaurants
- Online Reservation between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm
- Internet cafe
- RPF
- RMS
- One Step ATMs -State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank
- Wide parking area
See also
- North Malabar
- Southern Railway Zone (India)
- Indian Railways
- Kannur
References
- ↑ Official Website of the Southern Railway
- ↑ Trains at Kannur Railway station
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- ↑ "Bansal announces 19 new trains". New Delhi: The Hindu. March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kannur railway station. |
- Official Website of the Southern Railway
- Map of Kannur Railway station
- Trains at Kannur Railway station
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