Kannur railway station

Kannur railway station (formerly Cannanore railway station)(station code: CAN^[5]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[6] It is the largest railway station serving the City of Kannur in Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railway zone. It is the largest railway station in terms of area and number of tracks in North Malabar region. At ₹62 crore (equivalent to ₹77 crore or US$9.1 million in 2023) in financial year 2018–19, it is the fifth largest in terms of passenger revenues in Kerala, and second largest under Palakkad railway division.^[7] Almost all major trains connecting the other parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and North India halt here.^[8] Kannur and Kannur South (Station Code: CS) are two different stations which serve Kannur city.^[9][8]

Kannur (Cannanore)
Indian Railways station
Kannur Railway Station nameboard on platform
General information
Location	Kannur, Kerala, PIN-670 001 India
Coordinates	11.8689°N 75.3555°E / 11.8689; 75.3555
Elevation	16 metres (52 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	2
Platforms	4 (1A, 1, 2 & 3)
Tracks	10
Connections	Taxi Stand, Auto Service, Kannur Central Terminal Bus Stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	CAN
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Palakkad
Classification	NSG – 2
History
Opened	1907; 118 years ago (1907)
Electrified	Yes, 25 kV AC 50 Hz
Previous names	Cannanore
Passengers
2018–19	19,867 per day[1]
Rank	5 (in Kerala) 2 (in Palakkad division)
Route map Legend km to Konkan Railway to Mangalore–Hassan–Mysore line 4 Padil Bypass Cabin 2 Mangalore Junction 0 Mangalore Central 2 Bunder Goods Shed 3 Nethravathi Netravati River 5 Tokkottu Ullal overpass 7 Ullal Talapady Rivulet Karnataka Kerala Border 17 Manjeshwar Manjeswaram River 24 Uppala Shiriya River Kumbla River 34 Kumbla Mogral River Nellikunnu overpass Thayalangadi overpass 46 Kasaragod Chandragiri River 49 Kalanad Chembirika Tunnel Kalanad River SH 57 55 Kotikulam Bekal River Pallikere overpass SH 57 60 Bekal Fort Chithari River 69 Kanhangad NH 66 Kariangode River Nileshwaram overpass 78 Nileshwar NH 66 Karyangod River 83 Cheruvathur Cheruvathur overpass Padne Road 88 Chandera 92 Thrikaripur Kavvayi River Payyanur overpass 98 Payyanur Perumba River 101 Ezhimala 110 Pazhayangadi Payangadi underpass Kuppam River Thavam overpass 117 Kannapuram Irinave River 123 Pappinisseri Pappinisseri overpass Valapattanam River Valapattanam underpass 125 Valapattanam Alavil-Valapattanam Road 127 Chirakkal Manjapalam underpass 132 Kannur Thavakkara underpass 135 Kannur South Kanaam River 144 Etakkot NH 66 Anjarakandi River 148 Dharmadam Dharmadam overpass Ummanchira River Kuyyali River 152 Thalassery SH 30 Kodiyeri Road 155 Jaganath Temple Gate Kerala Puducherry Mahé River 162 Mahe Puducherry Kerala Chombala overpass 165 Mukkali 169 Nadapuram Road Kainatty overpass NH 66 Thazhe Angadi Road 174 Vatakara Kuttiady River 178 Iringal 184 Payyoli 187 Tikkotti NH 66 191 Vellarakkad 197 Quilandi SH 34 NH 66 202 Chemancheri Vengalam overpass Akalapuzha River 209 Elattur Vengali overpass 216 West Hill 219 Vellayil Vellayil overpass CH overpass Old Railway overpass 221 Kozhikode to Shoranur Junction Sources[2][3][4] This diagram: view talk edit

Infrastructure

Kannur Railway Station has four platforms, namely Platform No.1, 1A, 2 and 3 and two entrances. Another platform has been proposed to be constructed on the Eastern Entrance side. The Platform number 1 of the Kannur Railway Station is the second longest railway platform in the state of Kerala.^[10] The railway station has lift and escalator facilities, as well as a subway facility to cross platform.^[11][12][13] The station is also equipped with free wireless internet access facility, and prepaid auto stand.

Location

Kannur Railway Station is located just 1 km from both Central Bus Terminal, Kannur at Thavakkara which is Kerala's biggest bus terminal and Old Bus Stand, Kannur respectively, and 2 km from KSRTC bus depot at Caltex Junction (on NH-66) and 1.5 km from City Bus Stand near the District HQ Hospital. Kannur International Airport is just 27 km from the railway station.

Important trains

• Mangaluru Central–Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express (via Alappuzha)
• Kasaragod–Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express (via Kottayam)
• Janshatabdi express
• Rajdhani express
• Kerala Sampark Kranti express
• Mangala Lakshadweep express
• Garibrath express
• Netravati express
• Parasuram Express
• Ernakulam Intercity express
• Coimbatore Intercity sf express
• Ernad express
• Malabar express
• Maveli express
• Humsafar express
• Vivek express
• Marusagar express
• Poorna express
• Chennai sf Mail
• West Coast sf express
• Chennai sf express
• Link express
• Alleppey Executive Express
• Manglore–Trivandrum express
• Yeswantpur express via Salem
• Bengaluru City express via Manglore
• Manglore–Kacheguda express
• Okha–Ernakulam express
• Gandhidam–Nagercoil express
• Veraval–Trivandrum express
• Bikaner –Kochuveli express
• Bhavnagar–Kochuveli express
• Dehradun–Kochuveli sf express
• Amritsar–Kochuveli sf express
• LTT–Kochuveli sf express
• Nizamuddin–Trivandrum sf express

Trains starting from Kannur

• Kannur–Kozhikode Express
• Kannur–Mangaluru Central Passenger (Unreserved)
• Kannur–Shoranur Passenger
• Kannur–Cheruvathoor Passenger
• Kannur–Coimbatore Express
• Kannur - Shoranur MEMU
• Kannur - Alappuzha Executive
• Kannur–Thrissur Express
• Kannur–Thiruvananthapuram Central Jan Shatabdi Express
• Kannur–Ernakulam Intercity Express
• Kannur–Yeshwantpur Express (Via Shornur Junction)
• Kannur - KSR Bengaluru Express (Via Mangaluru)

Gallery

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  Kannur Railway Station

See also

• North Malabar
• Southern Railway zone
• Indian Railways
• Thalassery
• Kannur