Kanhangad railway station

Kanhangad കാഞ്ഞങ്ങാട്
Regional rail and Light rail station
Location	Railway Station Road, Kanhangad, Kasaragod, Kerala India
Coordinates	12°19′12″N 75°05′06″E / 12.320°N 75.085°E / 12.320; 75.085Coordinates: 12°19′12″N 75°05′06″E / 12.320°N 75.085°E / 12.320; 75.085
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus stand, Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	KZE
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Palakkad
Route map km 2 0 Bunder goods shed 0 0 Mangalore Central to Madgaon Junction (KR) to Hassan Junction 0 5 Mangalore Junction 3 Nethravathi Netravati River 5 Tokkottu 7 Ullal Karnataka Kerala 17 Manjeshwar 24 Uppala Shiriya River 34 Kumbala Mogral River 46 Kasaragod Chandragiri River 49 Kalanad Kalanad River 55 Kotikulam 60 Bekal Fort Chithari River 69 Kanhangad 78 Nileshwar 83 Charvattur 88 Chandera 92 Trikkaripur 98 Payyanur Perumba River 101 Ezhimala 110 Payangadi Kuppam River 117 Kannapuram 123 Pappinisseri Valapattanam River 125 Valapattanam 127 Chirakkal 132 Kannur 135 Kannur South 144 Edakkad Anjarakandy River 148 Dharmadam 152 Thalassery 155 Jaganath Temple Gate Mahé River 162 Mahe 165 Mukkali 169 Nadapuram Road 174 Vatakara Kuttiady River 178 Iringal 184 Payyoli 187 Tikkotti 191 Vellarakkad 197 Koyilandy 202 Chemancheri Akala puzha 209 Elathur 216 West Hill 219 Vellayil 221 Kozhikode to Shoranur Junction

Kanhangad Railway Station Road

Kanhangad Railway Station (Code:KZE) is a major and one of the busiest railway station under A - category stations of Palakkad Division, serving the town of Kanhangad in the Kasaragod District of Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur - Mangalore Section of the Southern Railways. The station has 3 platforms and 4 tracks. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Kollam, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Mysore and so forth.^[1]

A proposed railway line from Kanhangad railway station to Bangalore through Kaniyur is pending since a very long time and is waiting for the final approval from the railway authorities. The survey for the full stretch has already been carried out and is found to be feasible in all aspects. The project have an estimate cost of 1200 crores for which both the states of Kerala and Karnataka has to bear half the cost and the rest by the centre.

This 91Km Kanhangad-Kaniyur line project has been conceived in two phases—Kanhangad Kaniyur (40 km) which passes through Kerala and the rest in Karnataka. The supporters of the line claim that if it materializes, then Bangalore will be only 348 km away from Kanjangad or in other words, the duration to reach Bangalore will be six hours only.

Currently, the Kanjangad-Bangalore route either via Mangalore or Palakkad is more than 650 km taking an exhausting 12 hours to reach.

The distance and time required to connect Mysore, Subrahmanya and Hassan to North Kerala will also be reduced. It will also give fillip to the tourism sector connecting Talacauvery, Subrahmanya, Bekal and Ranipuram and will also be a boon to education and business sector where a number of students and professionals hailing from Kerala will have an easy access to the IT city,Bangalore. It will also help the merchants in easing their trade and can have a good revenue as it helps in easy access and exchange of goods between the two states.

If implemented,this project can accelerate the development of North Malabar region.

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