Vatakara railway station

Vatakara Railway Station Badagara Railway Station Vadakara Railway Station വടകര റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ
Indian Railway Station
Location	Railway Station Road, Vatakara, Kozhikode, Kerala India
Coordinates
Owned by	Indian Railway
Operated by	Southern Railway
Line(s)	Shoranur-Mangalore Section
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus stand, Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BDJ
Zone(s)	Southern Railway
Division(s)	Palakkad
History
Opened	1907
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers	42.63 Lakh [2012-13]

Vatakara Railway Station (Code:BDJ), alternatively known as Badagara Railway Station is a major railway station serving the town of Vatakara in the Kozhikode District of Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur - Mangalore Section of the Southern Railways. The station has 3 platforms and 3 tracks. Although no trains originate from this station, most of the important trains passing through stop here. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kollam, New Delhi, Mangalore, Kolkota and so forth. This station has now been upgraded to a Model Railway Station(adarsh).

Facilities

• Online Reservation counters
• Retirement Rooms
• Parcel booking Office
• Railway Mailing service (RMS) office
• Refreshment stalls and book stalls
• Pre-Paid autorikshaw counters
• Pre-paid parking
• State Bank ATM
• Railway information counter
• Cell phone recharge stalls
• RPF Out Post

Upcoming Facilities

• 2 Lifts
• Escalator

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