Elevation 11 m (36 ft) Operated by Southern Railway zone Opened 2 January 1888 Owner Indian Railways | Owned by Indian Railway Platforms 4 + 1 bay platform Phone +974 7774 8230 Connection Taxicab stand | |
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Location Railway Station Road, Kozhikode, Kozhikode, Kerala
India Line(s) Shoranur–Mangalore section Address Link Rd and Railway Station Rd, Kozhikode, Kerala 673001 Similar Shoranur Junction railway st, Mangalore Central railway st, Thrissur railway station, Kochuveli railway station, Tirur railway station | ||
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Kozhikode railway station also known as Calicut railway station is railway station in the city of Kozhikode, India.
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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 Beypore and Tirur, the former an important port town, in 1861. With the arrival of the new line to Calicut and its growth as an administrative centre, Beypore 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 pumpset that was imported from England to pump water into steam locomotives. The 125th anniversary of the station was celebrated on 2 January 2013.
Infrastructure
The station has four platforms and two terminals. The first platform has a capacity to accommodate trains with 18 coaches and the third platform 20 coaches. The fourth one has the capacity to accommodate 24 coaches. It boasts of being the only A–1 graded station in Palakkad railway division with the daily passenger turnout exceeding 8,000.
Services
It is one of the major railway stations in Kerala with trains connecting the city to other major cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Coimbatore, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Mangalore, Pune, Jammu Tawi and so forth. The other railway stations in the city include Kallayi Kozhikode South (Code:KUL), Vellayil (Code:VLL) and West Hill (Code:WH).
Facilities
The station has Pre-Paid autorikshaw counters and Pre-paid parking space
An integrated security system was installed at the station in 2012 featuring baggage scanners, CCTVs and vehicle scanners.