Shoranur

Shoranur-Mangalore section
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	Operational
Stations	Needs Updation
Operation
Opened	Needs Updation
Owner	Government of India
Operator(s)	Indian Railways

Shoranur - Mangalore Section
Shornur Junction Pattambi Kuttippuram Tirur Tanur Parappanangadi Feroke Kozhikode Koyilandy Payyoli Vadakara Mahe Thalassery Kannur Valapattanam Ezhimala Payyanur Cheruvathur Nileshwaram Kanhangad Bekal Fort Kottikkulam Kalanad Kasaragod Kumbla Uppala Manjeshwaram Ullal Mangalore Central

Shoranur-Mangalore section is railway segment of IR functioning under Palakkad Division of Southern Railway Zone. This is a Broad gauge line which begins at Shoranur Jn Railway Station in Kerala and ends at Mangalore Central Railway Station in Karnataka. This line goes through major towns like Tirur - Kozhikode - Vadakara - Thalassery - Kannur - Payyannur - Kanhangad - Kasaragod - Uppala - Ullal and Manjeshwaram ^[1].

This line covers entire Districts of Malabar region in Kerala and terminate at Dakshin Kannada District of Karnataka after crossing Nethravathi River.

The Shoranur-Mangalore Section is a strategic route and the lifeline of Malabar's economy that inter connects the important cities of this regions and also serves as threshold to Tulu Nadu, Konkan and Mumbai from Kerala^[2].

References

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