Thalassery railway station

Thalassery railway station (station code: TLY) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving the City of Thalassery in Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railways. It is the third largest station in Kerala in terms of number of passengers under Palakkad division. 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.

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, Andhra Pradesh and North India halt here.

Thalassery (Station Code: TLY) and Jagannath Temple Gate (Station Code: JGE) are two different stations which serve Tellicherry city.

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 facilities to cross platform. The station is also equipped with free wireless internet access facility, and prepaid auto stand.

Location

Thalassery Railway station is located just 700 m from Thalassery New Bus Stand in Narangapuram.

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

Important trains

• Jan Shatabdi Express
• Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express
• Netravati Express
• Parasuram Express
• Ernakulam Intercity Express
• Coimbatore Intercity Superfast Express
• Ernad Express
• Malabar Express
• Maveli Express
• Navyug Express
• Vivek Express
• Poorna Express
• Chennai Superfast Mail
• West Coast Superfast Express
• Chennai Superfast Express
• Alleppey Executive Express
• Mangalore–Trivandrum Express
• Yeswantpur Express via Salem
• Mangalore–Kacheguda Express
• Okha–Ernakulam Express
• Gandhidam–Nagercoil Express
• Veraval–Trivandrum Express
• Bhavnagar–Kochuveli Express
• LTT–Kochuveli Superfast Express

See also

• Thalassery
• Malabar Coast
• North Malabar
• Jaganath Temple Gate railway station
• Dharmadam railway station
• Palakkad railway division

References

External links

1. Thalassery
2. Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Thalassery
3. History of Thalassery
4. Kutta
5. Jagannath Temple, Thalassery
6. Thodannur
7. TLY
8. List of railway stations in Kerala
9. Kannur railway station
10. Chakkarakkal
11. Transport in Kannur district
12. Mattanur
13. Mulankunnathukavu railway station
14. Bekal Fort
15. Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
16. Muzhappilangad Beach
17. Mangalore Central railway station
18. Kochuveli railway station
19. Ernakulam Junction railway station
20. Mambaram, Kannur