Bekal Fort railway station
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Bekal Fort railway station | |||||
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| Indian Railways station Normal station | |||||
 Bekal fort Railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Pallikkara, Kasaragod, Kerala India | ||||
| Coordinates | 12°23′13″N 75°02′34″E / 12.3869°N 75.0429°E | ||||
| Elevation | 150 Feet from sea | ||||
| Owned by | Indian railway | ||||
| Operated by | Palakkad division, Southern Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Shoranur Mangaluru Double line | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Connections | Bus stop, Taxi stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Accessible | Wheel chair | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | BFR | ||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Palakkad | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1910 | ||||
| Closed | - | ||||
| Rebuilt | 2023 March 2 | ||||
| Electrified | 2016 May 1 | ||||
| Previous names | Pallikkare Railway station | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2,00,0000 | 1,00,0000 | ||||
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Bekal Fort railway station (station code: BFR[1]) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It is an important railway station in Kasaragod district which serves thousands of people per day. It comes under the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.[2] Bekal Fort railway station handles around 10 trains[3] and serves about 5000 of people per day. It is situated next to the Bekal Fort Beach and near to the Bekal Fort. The older name of this railway station was Pallikkere railway station. But later, it was named after the Bekal Fort as 'Bekal Fort Railway Station'. The Indian Railways has about 13 acres of land in the surrounding of the Bekal Fort railway station.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Bekal Fort (BFR)". Indian Rail Enquiry.
- ^ Aravind. "Bekal Fort Station – 9 Train Departures SR/Southern Zone – Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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