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Thrissur
railway
station
Opened
2
June
1902;
120
years
ago
Thrissur
railway
station
(station
code
:-
TCR)
is
a
railway
station
in
Kerala,
India.
Thrissur
also
is
known
as
the
Cultural
Capital
of
Kerala.
Thrissur
railway
station
is
a
major
railway
head
in
South
India
and
A1
classified
station
operated
by
the
Southern
Railway
zone
of
the
Indian
Railways
and
comes
under
the
Thiruvananthapuram
railway
division.
Layout
The
station
has
four
platforms
and
two
entrances,
one
at
the
eastern
side
which
is
the
main
entrance
and
the
second
one
at
western
side
which
was
opened
in
2010.
The
station
can
be
easily
accessed
from
Kottappuram
side
and
the
KSRTC
transport
bus
stand
side.
It
has
three
railway
over
bridges
connecting
first
platform
to
the
second,
third
and
fourth
platforms.
The
station
operate
passenger
trains
and
goods
trains.
Facilities
Tickets
The
station
has
five
counters
for
non-reservation
tickets
in
the
east
side,
two
ticket
counters
in
the
west
side
and
ten
automatic
ticket
vending
machines
(ATVM)
in
east
also.
The
reservation
counters
for
the
long-distance
is
situated
in
the
eastern
side
with
four
counters
in
a
separate
building.
Waiting
halls
The
station
has
an
air-conditioned
and
non-air-conditioned
waiting
hall
for
first-class
and
sleeper
class
passengers.
The
round-the-clock
air-conditioned
waiting
hall
is
maintained
with
the
cooperation
of
the
Kudumbasree
Mission.
The
hall
has
facilities
such
as
TV,
toilet,
library,
and
kids
entertainment
section
are
there.
Google
free
Wi-Fi
The
passengers
can
access
free
Wi-fi
facility
inside
the
station
provided
by
Google
and
railwire
Retiring
rooms
The
station
has
four
retiring
beds
in
air
conditioned
Double
Bed
category
(Season
price:
840,
Non-Season
price:
700);
eight
beds
in
air-conditioned
Dormitory
category
(S-240,
NS180)
and
one
Non-air
conditioned
Single
Bed
category
(S-390,
NS-325).
Parking
Paid
four
wheeler
and
two-wheeler
parking
is
available
in
the
east
and
west
entrance
of
the
station.
Pre-paid
autorickshaw
services
are
also
made
to
the
passengers.
Food
The
station
also
provides
vegetarian
and
non-vegetarian
food
through
the
1,830
sqft
multi-cuisine
food
plaza.
Foot
overbridges
The
station
has
three
foot
overbridges.
One
in
the
centre
of
the
station
and
second
and
third
in
the
south
and
north
of
the
station.
There
is
a
computer-controlled
coach
guidance
system
and
a
plasma
screen
for
display
of
information
to
passengers.
Other
facilities
available
are
Parcel
booking
office,
Railway
Mailing
service
(RMS)
office,
State
Bank
of
India
and
Canara
Bank
Automated
teller
machine
(ATMs).
Railway
Police
Station
Thrissur
railway
station
has
a
railway
police
station
with
a
Circle
Inspector
as
the
head
and
one
Sub
Inspectors.
For
the
security
of
passengers,
the
Indian
Railways
have
installed
21
high
definition
cameras
which
cover
all
the
platforms
and
the
ticket
counters
which
is
connected
to
the
main
system.
There
are
two
42
inch
LCD
monitors
which
monitor
all
the
visuals
in
the
station.
Future
expansion
plans
The
Southern
Railways
is
planning
to
quadruple
the
ShoranurβCochin
Harbour
section
by
setting
up
a
third
and
fourth
line.
The
new
line
will
cater
to
the
International
Container
Transshipment
Terminal,
Kochi.
A
pedestrian
flyover
platform
connecting
all
the
platforms
to
the
nearby
KSRTC
bus
station
is
being
planned.
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