Thalassery | |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Address: | Thalassery, -670 101, Kerala |
Country: | India |
Map Type: | India#India Kerala |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Southern Railway zone |
Line: | Shoranur–Mangalore section |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Other: | Bus terminal, Taxicab, Prepaid auto |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Parking: | Yes |
Status: | Functioning |
Classification: | NSG – 3; Class 'A' |
Electrified: | 25 kV AC 50 Hz |
Former: | Tellicherry |
Passengers: | 12,171 per day[1] |
Pass Year: | 2018-19 |
Pass Rank: | 8 (in Kerala) 4 (in Palakkad division) |
Thalassery railway station (station code: TLY[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.
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.
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.