Vatakara Railway Station Badagara Railway Station Vadakara Railway Station | |
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 Indian Railways station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Railway Station Road,Vatakara,Kerala India |
| Coordinates | 11°35′35″N 75°35′13″E / 11.593°N 75.587°E |
| Elevation | 10 m |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| 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 |
| Accessible |  |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | BDJ |
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway |
| Division(s) | Palakkad |
| Classification | NSG – 3; Class 'A' |
| History | |
| Opened | 1907 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Passengers | |
| 2018-19 | 9967 per day[1] |
| Location | |
  Vatakara Railway Station Location within India  Vatakara Railway Station Vatakara Railway Station (Kerala) | |
Vatakara railway station (Code:BDJ), alternatively known as Badagara railway station is a major railway station serving the City of Vatakara, 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.[2] Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Mangalore, Kolkata and so forth. This station has now been upgraded to a Model railway station (adarsh).[3]
