Bekal Fort railway station

Bekal Fort Railway Station
പള്ളിക്കര സ്റേറഷൻ
Indian Railway Station
Normal Station
Location Pallikkere , Kasaragod, Kerala
India
Coordinates 12°23′13″N 75°02′34″E / 12.3869°N 75.0429°E / 12.3869; 75.0429Coordinates: 12°23′13″N 75°02′34″E / 12.3869°N 75.0429°E / 12.3869; 75.0429
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code BFR
Zone(s) Southern Railway
Division(s) Palakkad

Bekal Fort Railway Station is one of the important railway station in Kasaragod district which serves thousands of people per day. It comes under the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways.[1] Bekal Fort Railway Station handles over 10 trains and sreves about 5000 of people per day. It is situated next to the Bekal Fort Beach and near to the Bekal Fort. The older name of this railway station was Pallikkere Railway Station. But later, it was named after the Bekal Fort as 'Bekal Fort Railway Station'. The Indian Railway has about 13 acres of land in the surrounding of the Bekal Fort Railway Station.

A view of Bekal Beach Park from the station

Train timetable

The following trains serve this station:[2]

Train No. Train name Type Towards Arriving time
56654 Mangalore Central - Calicut Passenger Passenger Shoranur 06:35
56661 Charvattur - Mangalore Central Passenger Passenger Mangalore 07:17
16629 Malabar Express Express Shoranur 08:04
56655 Kannur-Mangalore Passenger Passenger Mangalore 08:59
16347 Trivanduram-Mangalore Express Express Mangalore 09:11
56324 Mangalore-Coimbatore Fast Passenger Passenger Shoranur 09:21
56323 Coimbatore-Mangalore Fast Passenger Passenger Mangalore 17:39
56656 Mangalore Central-Kannur Passenger Passenger Shoranur 17:55
16630 Malabar Express Express Shoranur 19:35

References

  1. "Bekal Fort (BFR)". Indian Rail Enquiry.
  2. "Arrivals at BFR/Bekal Fort". IndiaRail.info.
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