Kannur, also known as Cannanore, is one of the busiest railway station in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 located in the Kannur

Kannur

Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...

 City. It is operated by the Southern Railway

Southern Railway Zone (India)

The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...

 of the Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

. There are many trains operating towards Southern Kerala

Travancore-Cochin

Travancore-Cochin or Thiru-Kochi is a former state of India . It was created on 1 July 1949 by the merger of two former princely states, the kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin....

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and North India

North India

North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage...

. Kannur and Kannur South are two different stations which serves the Kannur District

Kannur district

Kannur District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name. The old name Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. Kannur District is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north and...

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This Station has four platforms and two entrances. Another platform and new exclusive entrance is under construction towards east. The Platform number 1 of the Kannur Railway Station is the longest railway platform in the state of Kerala.

Important trains Originating from Kannur

• Kannur - Yeswantpur Express (Via Palghat and Salem)
• Kannur - Yeswantpur Express (Via Mangalore)
• Kannur - Ernakulam (Executive Express)
• Kannur - Ernakulam (Intercity Express)

passenger trains

• kannur - coimbatore
• kannur - mangalore
• kannur - calicut
• kannur -shoranur\ trichur
• kannur- cheruvathur

Important trains passes through Kannur

• Hazrat Nizamuddin - Trivandrum Rajdhani Express
• Hazrat Nizamuddin - Ernakulam Mangla Lakshadweep Express
• Chennai - Mangalore Mail
• Chennai - Mangalore West Coast Express
• Chennai - Mangalore Express
• Chennai Egmore - Mangalore Express
• Mumbai (LTT) - Trivandrum Nethravathi Express
• Mumbai (LTT) - Kochuveli Garibrath Express

Kannur is connected to major Cities of India by daily direct trains. Some of the cities connected, with details of trains are given below:

• New Dehi by: Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Express
  Mangala Lakshadweep Express
  The Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express is a superfast train of Southern Railway and runs between New Delhi and Ernakulam Junction. It is currently being operated with 12617 / 12618 train numbers and running along the Konkan railway route, previously it was running between Mangalore and Delhi in...
  
  
• Mumbai by: Trivandrum-Lokamanya Tilak (Mumbai) Netravati Express
• Chennai by: Mangalore-Chennai (Chennai Mail, West Coast, Egmore and Chennai Express)
• Bangalore by: Kannur-Yeswantpur (2 Express; one via Salem and another via Mangalore)
• Ahmedabad by: Ernakulam-Okha Express
• Pune by: Ernakulam-Pune Poorna Express
• Jaipur by: Ernakulam-Ajmer Express
• Goa by: Ernakulam-Madgoan express

Facilities available

• Two widened Foot overbridges connecting all the platforms
• Retiring rooms at cheapest cost
• Easy access to road network
• Taxi, Auto and bus services at one step
• Parcel Service
• Passenger Waiting Hall for all classes
• IRCTC Restaurants
• Online Reservation between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm
• Internet cafe
• RPF
• RMS
• One Step ATMs -State Bank of Travancore
  State Bank of Travancore
  State Bank of Travancore , is a subsidiary of the State Bank Group and also has private share-holders. It is the premier bank of Kerala State, India, where it has 700 branches...
  
  , State Bank of India
  State Bank of India
  The State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...
  
  , ICICI Bank
  ICICI Bank
  ICICI Bank Ltd. is India's second largest financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries in the areas of...
  
  , Axis Bank
  Axis Bank
  Axis Bank Limited, formerly UTI Bank, is a financial services firm that had begun operations in 1994, after the Government of India allowed new private banks to be established...
  
  , Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda
  Bank of Baroda is the third largest bank in India, after the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank and ahead of ICICI Bank. BoB is ranked 763 in Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a network of over 3,409 branches and...
  
  , Punjab National Bank
  Punjab National Bank
  Punjab National Bank , was founded in 1894 and is currently the second largest state-owned commercial bank in India ahead of Bank of Baroda with about 5000 branches across 764 cities. It serves over 37 million customers. The bank has been ranked 248th biggest bank in the world by the Bankers...
  
  
• Wide parking area

External links

• Official Website of the Southern Railway
• Map of Kannur Railway station
• Trains at Kannur Railway station