Vadakara railway station

Location
	Vatakara Railway Station Location within India Vatakara Railway Station Location within Kerala

Vatakara Railway Station
Vatakara Railway Station
General information
Other names	Badagara Railway Station
Location	Railway Station Road, Vatakara, Kerala; India
Coordinates	11.593°N 75.587°E
Elevation	3.05 m (10.0 ft)
System	Indian Railways station
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator	Southern Railway
Line	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
Passengers
2018-19	9967 per day
Location
Location
	Vatakara Railway Station Location within India Vatakara Railway Station Location within Kerala

Vatakara railway station (also known as Badagara railway station)(station code: BDJ^[2]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[3] It is a major railway station serving the City of Vatakara, Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railway zone. The station has 3 platforms and 3 tracks. Although no trains originate from this station, most of the important trains passing through stop here.^[4] 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, Pune, Mangalore, Kolkata and so forth. This station has now been upgraded to a Model railway station (adarsh).^[5]