Kannur railway station

Kannur (Canannore)
കണ്ണൂർ
Express train and Passenger train station
View of Kannur Railway Station from main entrance
Location Kannur, Kerala, PIN-670 001
India
Coordinates 11°52′08″N 75°21′20″E / 11.8689°N 75.3555°E / 11.8689; 75.3555Coordinates: 11°52′08″N 75°21′20″E / 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
Tracks 10
Connections Shoranur–Mangalore section
Construction
Structure type Standard (on-ground station)
Parking Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code CAN
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Palakkad
History
Opened 1907 (1907)
Electrified 25 kV AC 50 Hz
Traffic
Passengers (2014-15) 19,894 per day[1]
Rank 5 (in Kerala)
2 (in Palakkad division)
Route map
 km
2
0
 Bunder goods shed
0
0
 Mangalore Central
Up arrowto Madgaon Junction (KR)
UpperRight arrowto 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
 Down arrowto Shoranur Junction

Kannur railway station, also known as Cannanore, is one of the railway station in Kerala located in the Kannur City which lies in Shoranur–Mangalore section. 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.[2][3]

Infrastructure

This Station has Four platforms, namely Platform No.1, 1A, 2 and 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.[4] There is strong urge from the passengers for extension of various trains and new trains.The trains that could be extended include Matsyagandha Express, Madgaon Intercity Express,Calicut Janshatabdi. It could be achieved by constructing a new pitline and increasing the number of platforms. Kannur-Byndoor passenger can be extended to Bhatkal.

The Kannur Railway Station is one of the few railway stations in Kerala to be selected for Google's plan to deploy WiFi in collaboration with the Union Government of India.

The railway station has escalator and lift facilities. Kerala's first Railway platform subway is under construction .at Kannur Railway Station. The speeds of trains entering the station has posed risk about passenger safety. [5][6][7]

Important Trains

  • Janshatabdi express
  • Rajdhani express
  • Kerala Sampark kranti sf express
  • Mangala Lakshadweep sf express
  • Garibrath express
  • Netravati express
  • Parasuram Express
  • Ernakulam Intercity express
  • Coimbatore Intercity sf express
  • Ernad express
  • Malabar express
  • Maveli express
  • Navyug express
  • Vivek express
  • Marusagar express
  • Poorna express
  • Chennai sf Mail
  • West Coast sf express
  • Chennai sf express
  • Link express
  • 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 Passenger
  • Kannur - Thrissur Passenger
  • Kannur - Mangaluru Central Passenger
  • Kannur - Shornur Passenger
  • Kannur - Cheruvathoor Passenger
  • Kannur - Coimbatore Fast Passenger
  • Kannur - Ernakulam Intercity Express
  • Kannur - Alappuzha Executive Express
  • Kannur - KSR Bengaluru Express (Via Mangaluru)
  • Kannur - Yeshwantpur Express (Via Shornur)
  • Kannur - Thiruvananthapuram Central Janshatabdi Express

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Station Re-development Data – Kannur(CAN)". Central Railway Zone – Indian Railways. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Official Website of the Southern Railway Archived 14 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Trains at Kannur Railway station
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Kannur railway station all set for a facelift". The Times of India. 10 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Kannur railway station to get facelift, new facilities". The Hindu. 12 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bansal announces 19 new trains". New Delhi: The Hindu. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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