Thalassery railway station

Thalassery railway station (Code:TLY) is a railway station serving the City of Thalassery in Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur - Mangalore Section of the Southern Railways. The station has two platforms and three tracks. Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the City to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, Quilon, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha and so forth.[1]

Thalassery

തലശ്ശേരി
Commuter Rail and Regional Rail station
LocationThalassery, -670 101, Kerala, India
India
Coordinates11.752°N 75.494°E / 11.752; 75.494
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway Zone
Line(s)Shoranur–Mangalore section
Platforms2
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus Terminal, Taxicab, Prepaid Auto
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeTLY
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Palakkad
ClassificationNSG - 3; Class 'A'
History
Opened1901; 119 years ago
Electrified25 kV AC 50 Hz
Previous namesTellicherry
Traffic
Passengers44,403 per day
Rank8(in Kerala) & 3(in Palakkad Division)
Route map
km
2
0
Bunder goods shed
0
0
Mangalore Central
to Hassan Junction
0
5
Mangalore Junction
3
Nethravathi
5
Tokkottu
7
Ullal
Karnataka
Kerala
17
Manjeshwar
24
Uppala
Shiriya River
34
Kumbala
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
101
Ezhimala
110
Payangadi
117
Kannapuram
123
Pappinisseri
125
Valapattanam
127
Chirakkal
132
Kannur
135
Kannur South
144
Edakkad
Anjarakandy River
148
Dharmadam
152
Thalassery
155
Jaganath Temple Gate
162
Mahe
165
Mukkali
169
Nadapuram Road
174
Vatakara
178
Iringal
184
Payyoli
187
Tikkotti
191
Vellarakkad
197
Koyilandy
202
Chemancheri
Akala puzha
209
Elathur
216
West Hill
219
Vellayil
221
Kozhikode
Location
Thalassery
Location within India
Thalassery
Thalassery (Kerala)


The old platform ticket counter is closed after the renovation of Thalassery Railway Station. The new ticket counter is located at Platform No. 02. The road which connects Thalassery railway station is known as Goodshed Road which is now often referred as new railway station road. Thalassery railway station once had goods transportation facility. which is now discontinued and moved to Edakkad Railway Station.

No direct line connects Thalassery to Mysore, although a feasibility study for such a route was funded in 2013.

TLY railway station is a Class 'A' Railway Station.Almost all major trains connecting the other parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh and North India halt here.

Infrastructure

Thalassery Railway Station has two platforms, namely Platform No.1 and 2 with two entrances. There are two ticket counters. The railway station has lift as well as escalator facilitie to cross platform. The station is also equipped with free wireless internet access facility, and prepaid auto stand.

  • Kannur International Airport is just 24 km from the railway station which will be the airport station.

Important trains

  • Janshatabdi express
  • Mangala Lakshadweep sf express
  • Netravati express
  • Parasuram Express
  • Ernakulam Intercity express
  • Coimbatore Intercity sf express
  • Ernad express
  • Malabar express
  • Maveli express
  • Navyug express
  • Vivek express
  • Poorna express
  • Chennai sf Mail
  • West Coast sf express
  • Chennai sf express
  • Alleppey Executive Express
  • Manglore-Trivandrum express
  • Yeswantpur express via Salem
  • Mangalore-Kacheguda express
  • Okha-Ernakulam express
  • Gandhidam-Nagercoil express
  • Veraval-Trivandrum express
  • Bhavnagar-Kochuveli express
  • LTT-Kochuveli sf express

References

See also


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