Payyanur railway station (station code: PAY) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a railway station serving the town of Payyanur in the Kannur district of Kerala. This station is the second largest railway station of Kannur district in terms of area after Kannur railway station.

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Payyanur
Indian Railways station
Payyanur Station
General information
Location	Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala India
Coordinates	12.091°N 75.1951°E / 12.091; 75.1951
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	Bus stand, Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PAY
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Palakkad
Classification	NSG-4
History
Electrified	Yes
Route map Legend km to Konkan Railway to Mangalore–Hassan–Mysore line 4 Padil Bypass Cabin 2 Mangalore Junction 0 Mangalore Central 2 Bunder Goods Shed 3 Nethravathi Netravati River 5 Tokkottu Ullal overpass 7 Ullal Talapady Rivulet Karnataka Kerala Border 17 Manjeshwar Manjeswaram River 24 Uppala Shiriya River Kumbla River 34 Kumbla Mogral River Nellikunnu overpass Thayalangadi overpass 46 Kasaragod Chandragiri River 49 Kalanad Chembirika Tunnel Kalanad River SH 57 55 Kotikulam Bekal River Pallikere overpass SH 57 60 Bekal Fort Chithari River 69 Kanhangad NH 66 Kariangode River Nileshwaram overpass 78 Nileshwar NH 66 Karyangod River 83 Cheruvathur Cheruvathur overpass Padne Road 88 Chandera 92 Thrikaripur Kavvayi River Payyanur overpass 98 Payyanur Perumba River 101 Ezhimala 110 Pazhayangadi Payangadi underpass Kuppam River Thavam overpass 117 Kannapuram Irinave River 123 Pappinisseri Pappinisseri overpass Valapattanam River Valapattanam underpass 125 Valapattanam Alavil-Valapattanam Road 127 Chirakkal Manjapalam underpass 132 Kannur Thavakkara underpass 135 Kannur South Kanaam River 144 Etakkot NH 66 Anjarakandi River 148 Dharmadam Dharmadam overpass Ummanchira River Kuyyali River 152 Thalassery SH 30 Kodiyeri Road 155 Jagannath Temple Gate Kerala Puducherry Mahé River 162 Mahe Puducherry Kerala Chombala overpass 165 Mukkali 169 Nadapuram Road Kainatty overpass NH 66 Thazhe Angadi Road 174 Vadakara Kuttiady River 178 Iringal 184 Payyoli 187 Tikkotti NH 66 191 Vellarakkad 197 Quilandi SH 34 NH 66 202 Chemancheri Vengalam overpass Akalapuzha River 209 Elattur Vengali overpass 216 West Hill 219 Vellayil Vellayil overpass CH overpass Old Railway overpass 221 Kozhikode to Shoranur Junction km This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Payyanur Location within India Show map of India Payyanur Payyanur (Kerala) Show map of Kerala

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It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railways. The station has three platforms and five tracks.

Payyanur Railway station is located 3.6 km from Payyanur New Bus Stand and 2.7 km from Old Bus Stand, Payyanur, and 4.4 km from KSRTC bus stand, Payyanur (on NH-66).

Kannur International Airport is 60 km from the railway station.

No trains originate from the station. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Trivandrum Central, Ernakulam Junction, Mumbai, Chennai Central, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Coimbatore Junction, Kollam, Mangalore, Mysore, Pune, Pondicherry, New Delhi and so forth.

The Indian Naval Academy is located approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the railway station. CRPF's Recruit Training Centre-3 in Peringome is located approximately 22 km (14 mi) from the railway station.