Vallathol Nagar | |
Type: | Regional rail and Light rail station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Coordinates: | 10.7316°N 76.2813°W |
Map Type: | India#India Kerala |
Platform: | 2 |
Parking: | No |
Electrified: | Yes |
Code: | VTK |
Vallathol Nagar railway station (station code: VTK) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It falls between and Mullurkara railway station in the Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section of Thrissur district. It is the base station for Kerala Kalamandalam[2] [3] [4] [5] and last station in the Thiruvananthapuram railway division.
The station is named after Vallathol Narayana Menon or popularly known as Mahakavi Vallathol, Kerala's greatest poet in Malayalam language. Vallathol Narayana Menon was instrumental in establishing the Kerala Kalamandalam in Cheruthuruthi, a major centre for learning Indian performing arts, especially those that developed in Kerala.[6]