Vadanamkurishi railway station

Vadanamkurishi railway station is a major railway station serving the town of Shoranur in the Palakkad district of Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railways. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Nilambur, Shoranur and Angadipuram.^[1]

Nilambur–Shoranur railway line
Vadanamkurishi gate
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Malappuram, Palakkad
Coordinates	10.7878°N 76.2528°E / 10.7878; 76.2528
Termini	Nilambur Road (NIL) Shoranur Junction (SRR)
Stations	11
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Southern Railway
Services	7
Operator(s)	Southern Railway
History
Opened	1921; 104 years ago (1921)
Technical
Line length	66 kilometres (41 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	65 kilometres per hour (40 mph)
Route map Nilambur–Shoranur spur line Legend km 0.0 Nilambur Road SH 39 Kuruvanpuzha River 10.6 Vaniyambalam 14.9 Thodiyappulam 19.2 Tuvvur 25.6 Melattur SH 39 32.8 Pattikkad SH 73 38.4 Angadipuram NH 966 SH 39 45.5 Cherukara Kunthi River Malappuram-Palakkad Border 52.1 Kulukkallur Pattambi–Cherpulassery Road  55.7 Vallapuzha 61.8 Vadanamkurishi SH 23 Shoranur–Mangalore section to Kozhikode Shoranur Junction Jolarpettai–Shoranur line to Palakkad Junction Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section to Thrissur This diagram: view talk edit

Shoranur–Nilambur railway line

The Nilambur–Shoranur line is a branch line of the Southern Railway zone in Kerala state and one of the shortest broad-gauge railway lines in India.^[2] It is a single line with 66 kilometres (41 mi) length running from Shoranur Junction (in Palakkad district) to Nilambur railway station (in Malappuram district).^[2] This station is 4 km from the town of Nilambur on the Kozhikode–Ooty highway.^[2] Shoranur–Nilambur Road passenger trains are running on this route.^[2] It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Malappuram town.^[3]