Thalassery railway station ''(Code:TLY)'' is a railway station serving the City of
Thalassery
Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karna ...
in
Kerala
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. It lies in the
Shoranur–Mangalore section
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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
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Kochi
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Chennai
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Mumbai
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Bangalore
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Kozhikode
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Coimbatore
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Quilon
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New Delhi
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Mangalore
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Pune
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Jaipur
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Jammu Tawi
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Background
Jammu Tawi is the largest railway station in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a major railhead for other places in the r ...
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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
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Tamil Nadu
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Andhra Pradesh
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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
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Parasuram Express
The Parasuram Express is an express train run by Indian Railways connecting Mangalore, Karnataka with Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu.
History
The train (Train No: 49/50) was initially run between Cochin and Shoranur. The train was later extended to Tr ...
* 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
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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
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Thalassery
Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karna ...
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Malabar Coast
The Malabar Coast is the southwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Geographically, it comprises the wettest regions of southern India, as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-laden monsoon rains, especially on their westward-facing m ...
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North Malabar
North Malabar refers to the geographic area of southwest India covering the state of Kerala's present day Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad District, Wayanad districts, and the taluks of Vatakara, Koyilandy, and Thamarassery in the Kozhikode Distri ...
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Jaganath Temple Gate railway station
Jagannath Temple railway station (code: JGE) is a railway station in Kannur district, Kerala and falls under the Palakkad railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under t ...
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Dharmadam railway station
Dharmadam railway station (code: DRMD) is a railway station in Kannur 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 own ...
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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 ...
References
External links
Railway stations in Kannur district
Palakkad railway division
Buildings and structures in Thalassery
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