Kozhikode railway station also known as Calicut railway station is one of the largest railway stations in the state of Kerala, India. At in financial year 2018–19, it is the largest in terms of passenger revenue in Palakkad division. The station has four platforms, two terminals and a total number of six tracks. The first platform has a capacity to accommodate trains with 24 coaches and second & third platform has the capacity to accommodate 20 coaches; and the fourth one has the capacity to accommodate 24 coaches. It heralds as the only A1-graded station in Palghat railway division with a daily turnout exceeding 25,000 passengers. It is one of the major railway stations in

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with trains connecting the city to other major cities in India such as

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, Goa,

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and so forth. The other railway stations in the city include (''code: FK''), Kallayi Kozhikode South (code: KUL),

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(code: VLL) and (code: WH). An integrated security system was installed at the station in 2012 featuring baggage scanners, CCTVs and vehicle scanners. The 125th anniversary of the station was celebrated on 2 January 2013.

History

The railway line to Calicut (now Kozhikode) was opened to traffic on 2 January 1888 and at that time was western terminus of the Madras Railway. The first line in Malabar was laid between

Chaliyam Chaliyam is a village situated at the estuary of Chaliyar (River Beypore) in Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. Chaliyam forms an island, bounded by the Chaliyar in the north, and River Kadalundi in south, and the Conolly Canal in the ea ...

and

Tirur Tirur is a Municipality in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala spread over an area of . It is one of the business centers of Malappuram district and is situated west of Malappuram and south of Kozhikode, on the Shoranur–Manga ...

, the former an important port town, back then. With the arrival of the new line to Calicut and its growth as an administrative centre, Chaliyam diminished in significance and the railway line to it was subsequently abandoned. The station houses several vintage fixtures including a recreation club named the Railway Institute built by the British adjacent to the station in 1888 to serve as a venue for the social life of the Railways' employees, and a cast iron mechanical pump set that was imported from England to pump water into steam locomotives. The 125th anniversary of the station was celebrated on 2 January 2013. It has been ranked as "The Cleanest Railway Station of India" in January 2018 .

Infrastructure

The station has four platforms and two terminals. The first platform has a capacity to accommodate trains with 24 coaches and the third platform 20 coaches. The fourth one has the capacity to accommodate 24 coaches. It heralds as the only A–1 graded station in

Palakkad railway division Palakkad railway division (formerly Olavakkod railway division) is one of the six administrative divisions of the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at city of Palakkad, Kerala. It is the smallest railway division i ...

with a daily turnout exceeding 25,000 passengers.

Services

It is one of the major railway stations in

with trains connecting the city to other major cities in India such as

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, Goa,

and so forth. Other railway stations in the city include (''code: FK''), Kallayi Kozhikode South (''code: KUL''),

Vellayil railway station Vellayil railway station (Code: VLL) is a major railway station serving the town of Kozhikode in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railways. Trains halting at the station c ...

(''code: VLL'') and

West Hill railway station West Hill railway station (code: WH) is a railway station in Kozhikode district, Kerala and falls under the Palakkad railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the owne ...

(''code: WH'').

Facilities

An integrated security system was installed at the station in 2012 featuring baggage scanners,

CCTV Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly ...

s and vehicle scanners. *Reservation counters are open between 6:00 am to 8:00 pm *Retirement Rooms (transit lodging facility) *Cyber cafe *Parcel booking Office *Railway Mailing service (RMS) office *Railway Protection Force – Circle office *IRCTC Restaurants *ATMs *Pre-Paid autorickshaw counters *Pre-paid parking space *Escalator and elevator systems *Battery operated car facility for differently abled persons and senior citizens

ATMs

The following bank-ATMs are available at the railway station: *

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* Punjab National Bank

References

External links

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