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The Tirur railway station, opened in 1861, is the oldest railway station in Kerala. The first railway service in Kerala was on 1861 March 12 and it serviced from Beypore to Tirur for 30.5 km. The first railway service in Kerala was on 1861 March 12 and it serviced from Beypore to Tirur for 30.5 km.
It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) north of Kochi (Cochin) by National Highway 66 and 38 km (24 mi) from Thrissur. Kodungallur, being a port city at the northern end of the Kerala lagoons, was a strategic entry point for the naval fleets to the extensive Kerala backwaters. As of the 2011 India Census, Kodungallur Municipality had a population of 33,935.
It is the busiest railway station in Kerala state in terms of rail traffic with 189 halting trains. At ₹ 97 crore (equivalent to ₹ 121 crore or US$14 million in 2023) in financial year 2018–19, it is the fourth largest in terms of passenger revenues in Kerala and the eighth largest in Southern Railway. [ 4 ]
The village sits at the junction of Trissur Kodungallur State Highway 22 and Chalakudy Mathilakam Road connecting NH 66 and NH 544. The nearest railway station is Irinjalakuda (11 km). The nearest airport is Cochin International Airport (37km).
The station lies in the heart of the city and is busiest railway station in Southern India handling over 20,000 passengers daily. The wider Thrissur Metropolitan Area has ten railway stations, Wadakkanchery , Guruvayur , Pudukad , Irinjalakuda , Chalakudi , Divine Nagar , Koratty , Vallathol Nagar , Mullurkara and Nellayi .
Shoranur well connected by road to the nearest cities of Thrissur and Palakkad. SH 22 which is also called the Shoranur - Kodungallur road passes through Thrissur, while the Ponnani - Palakkad road passes through Kulappully. There are regular bus services to Ottapalam, Thrissur, Chelakkara, Pattambi and Cherpulassery from shoranur.
Aluva railway station is a high-revenue-earning station for Thiruvananthapuram railway division. In the financial year 2018–19 it earned 63,38,17,308 rupees (63.38 crores), the third highest in Ernakulam district, fifth highest in Kerala after Thiruvananthapuram Central in Thiruvananthapuram (184.48 crores), Ernakulam Junction railway station in Kochi (163.38 crores), Thrissur railway ...
33 km (21 mi) south west of Thrissur; 55 km (34 mi) north of Cochin; 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Chalakudy; 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Mala; 18 km (11 mi) south east of Irinjalakuda; 15 km (9.3 mi) south east of Kodungallur - The historical place, former kingdom and historical port (mussris).