Payyanur railway station

Payyanur railway station (station code: PAY) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving the town of Payyanur in the Kannur district of Kerala. This station is the second largest railway station of Kannur district in terms of area after Kannur railway station.

Line
It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railways. The station has three platforms and five tracks.

Location
Payyanur Railway station is located 3.6 km from Payyanur New Bus Stand and 2.7 km from Old Bus Stand, Payyanur, and 4.4 km from KSRTC bus stand, Payyanur (on NH-66).

Kannur International Airport is 60 km from the railway station.

Services
No trains originate from the station. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Trivandrum Central, Ernakulam Junction, Mumbai, Chennai Central, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Coimbatore Junction, Kollam, Mangalore, Mysore, Pune, Pondicherry, New Delhi and so forth.

Importance
The Indian Naval Academy is located approximately 5 km from the railway station. CRPF's Recruit Training Centre-3 in Peringome is located approximately 22 km from the railway station.