Palakkad Junction railway station

Palakkad Junction
Regional rail, Light rail and Commuter rail station
General information
Location	Olavakkode, Palakkad, India India
Coordinates	10.801°N 76.639°E / 10.801; 76.639
Elevation	84 metres (276 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Jolarpettai–Shoranur line Palakkad-Pollachi line
Platforms	5
Tracks	17
Construction
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	PGT
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	PalakkadTooltip Palakkad railway division
History
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
11,074 per day
Location Palakkad Junction Location within India Palakkad Junction Palakkad Junction (Kerala)

Salem–Palakkad line
km 37  Mettur Dam 24  Mecheri Road to Bangalore City 8  Omalur Junction 3  Magnesite Junction to Jolarpettai Junction 0 Salem Junction to Vriddhachalam Junction Salem Steel Plant to Namakkal 7 Neykkarapatti 10 Virapandy Road 21 Madudanchavadi 33 Mavelipalaiyam 38 Sankaridurg State Highway 86 46 Anangur State Highway 79 55 Cauvery State Highway 198 River Kaveri to Karur Junction State Highway 83A 60 Erode Junction 61 Erode Diesel Loco Shed 66 Totiyapalayam 73 Perundurai 79 Ingur State Highway 96 87 Vijayamangalam 96 Uttukuli State Highway 81 State Highway 19A 103 Tiruppur Kulipalayam Tiruppur Ring Road 110 Tiruppur Tiruppur Ring Road State Highway 166 118 Vanjipalayam State Highway 165 128 Somanur 137 Sulur Road National Highway 544 144 Irugur Junction National Highway 181 162 Podanur Junction 14  Singanallur 9  Pilamedu National Highway 948 0  Coimbatore Junction 3  Coimbatore North Junction 14  Periyanaickenpalayam 26  Karaimadai 33  Mettupalayam Nilgiri Mountain Railway (metre-gauge) State Highway 162 to Pollachi Junction National Highway 948 ACC Limited plant 163 Madukkarai 168 Ettimadai Tamil Nadu Kerala border 177 Walayar 181 Chullimada 188 Kanjikode Malampuzha River 199 Kottekad 201 Palakkad Junction to Shoranur Junction
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Palakkad Junction' (formerly known as Olavakkod Junction, STN CODE:PGT) is a railway station in Kerala state, India situated in the city of Palakkad. Palakkad Junction is the cleanest railway station in the state of Kerala as per the survey conducted by Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation.

Location

The station is located at 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Palakkad KSRTC bus stand. Olavakkode is a satellite town of Palakkad and is located on NH 213 which connects Palakkad to Kozhikode. The station falls in the Palakkad railway division. It is one of the important railway stations of Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

Lines

Palakkad Junction is located on Jolarpettai - Shoranur railway line and is the terminating point for the Palakkad-Madurai rail line. The other station serving the city is Palakkad Town Railway Station.

Infrastructure

The station is served by five platforms. Platforms 1, 2 and 3 are used for trains going towards Shoranur, Thrissur and Palakkad Town where as platforms 4 and 5 are mainly used for trains going towards Erode side. The electronic interlocking system, which will replace the prevailing route relay interlocking system, was also completed. The train traffic in the junction will be considerably high once the trains from Pollachi Junction enter here.

MEMU Shed

A Mainline Electric Multiple Unit MEMU shed operates to maintain the suburban trains running between Shornur and Erode.