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Kannur has a good road network connecting to [[Bangalore]], [[Mangalore]], [[Kodagu]] and [[Cochin]]. The railway station is also well connected to all parts of India. There is new International airport from Kannur opened on December 09 2018, other nearest airports are at [[Calicut Airport|Calicut]] and [[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]]. [[Thalassery]], [[Payyanur]], [[Taliparamba]] and [[Iritty]] are the other transport hubs.

[[File:North Kerala, July 2020.png|thumbnail|North Kerala]]
[[File:Kannur International Airport Runway.jpg|thumb|Kannur Airport]]
[[File:Ayikkara 29.11.2015 01.JPG|thumb|Heritage road at Ayikkara beach]]
[[File:Kannur kotta road.jpg|thumb|Fort Road]]
[[File:Yogasala Road Junction Kannur.JPG|thumb|Yogashala Road Junction]]
[[File:Morning under the Valapattanam Bridge (5008507994).jpg|thumb|Valapattanam Bridge]]
[[File:Mattul Kannur.jpg|thumb|Mattool Ferry]]
[[File:Pazhayangadi BusStand.jpeg|thumb|Pazhayangadi Bus Station]]

==Air Transport==
{{Main article|Kannur International Airport}}[[Kannur International Airport]] located at [[Mattanur]] in Kannur District, [[Kerala]], [[India]] opened for commercial operations on 9 December 2018. It is the fourth international airport in Kerala. The airport will have a 4,000m runway (the longest in the State) and state of the art passenger terminal as well other amenities. Domestic routes include Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Goa and Hubli while international routes include Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha and Riyadh.

==Kannur port==
Kannur is an ancient seaport. The nearest all-weather seaport is [[Mangaluru]] in [[Karnataka]] state. [[Azhikkal]] port in Kannur has been included for developing coastal shipping by the Government of India under the National Maritime Development Programme (NMDP). A detailed project report (DPR) has been prepared by [[ICICI]]-[[KINFRA]] for the development of [[Azhikkal]] port. Azhikal port was allocated ₹ 50cr for development in the interim budget of 2016 by the Government of Kerala.

==Transport by Road==
[[File:Thavakkara6.jpg|thumbnail|Thavakkara Bus Station has very green surroundings]]
Kannur is on [[National Highway 17 (India)|National Highway 66]] or {{nowrap|NH 66}} (formerly National Highway 17) between [[Kozhikode]] and [[Mangalore]]. This highway is scheduled to be expanded to four lanes. A bypass for Kannur city is proposed under the NH widening project. Kannur is connected to [[Kodagu]], [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]] in Karnataka by the [[Thalassery]]–[[Coorg]]–[[Mysore]] interstate highway.

Kannur has several private and [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] buses plying places inside and outside the district. Kannur is well-connected to its suburbs through several city buses. Kannur city has four bus terminals — [[Thavakkara Bus Terminal Kannur|Kannur Central Bus Terminal]] at [[Thavakkara]] which is Kerala's biggest private bus terminal, Old Bus Stand near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, City Bus Stand near the District HQ Hospital and the KSRTC bus depot at Caltex Junction (on [[National Highway 17 (India)|NH-66]]). The busiest section of the National Highway 66 is between the towns of Puthiyatheru and Thazhe Chovva (about 10.5 km). There are also KSRTC Depots at [[Payyanur]] and [[Thalassery]].

==National Highways==
[[National Highway 17 (India)|National Highway 66]] connects [[Kannur]] to [[Mumbai]] via [[Mangalore]], [[Udupi]] and [[Goa]] to the north and [[Kochi]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and [[Kanyakumari]] to the south along the west coast of India. This highway connects the city with the other important towns like, [[Uppala]], [[Kasaragod]], [[Kanhangad]], [[Payyanur]], [[Taliparamba]], [[Thalassery]], [[Mahé, India|Mahe]], [[Vadakara]], [[Koyilandy]], [[Kozhikode]], [[Vengalam]],<ref>http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Deadlock-on-Pooladikunnu-Vengalam-stretch-over/2013/11/08/article1879121.ece</ref>
[[Ramanattukara]], [[Kottakkal]], [[Kuttippuram]], [[Ponnani]], ([[Guruvayoor]]) [[Chavakkad]], [[Kodungallur]], [[North Paravur]], [[Edapally]] and proceed to [[Kanyakumari]].

==State Highways==
[[State Highway 38 (Kerala)|SH 38]] starts in Chala Bypass Junction ([[Kannur]]) and ends in [[Puthiyangadi]] ([[Kozhikode]]). The highway is {{convert|42.9|km}} long. The highway passes through [[Kadachira]], [[Mavilayi]], [[Peralassery]], [[Kuthuparamba]], [[Panoor]], [[Nadapuram]], [[Kuttiady]], [[Perambra]], [[Ulliyeri]] [[Pavangad]] and [[Kozhikode]].

[[State Highway 30 (Kerala)|SH 30]] or Thalassery - Coorg Highway starts in Thalassery and ends in Vilamana-Koottupuzha (Kerala-Karnataka state border). The highway is {{convert|55.1|km}} long. The highway passes through [[Kadirur]], [[Kuthuparamba]], [[Mattannur]] and [[Iritty]].

[[State Highway 36 (Kerala)|SH 36]] starts in Taliparamba and ends in [[Iritty]]. The highway is {{convert|46|km}} long. The highway passes through [[Sreekandapuram]] and [[Irikkur]].

==Thavakkara Bus station==
'''Thavakkara Bus Terminal''', also called '''Kannur Central Bus Terminal''' or '''Central Bus Terminal Complex''', is a bus station in [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is located near to [[Kannur Railway Station]]. It is also India's first bus terminal to be developed on a build-operate- transfer (BOT) basis.<ref>https://foursquare.com/v/kannur-new-bus-stand/4bf1200cf45ec928ab75943c</ref> The project is a joint venture of the Kannur Municipality and the KK Group, being implemented on [[Build–operate–transfer|Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)]] concept. Most of the floors inside the terminal are marked for commercial purposes, which include central lobby, passengers waiting area and parking facilities.
* Multiple Bus bays
* Parking Bay for Cars, Two Wheelers and Autorickshaws
* Food Courts
* [[Cloakroom]]
* Passenger Amenities
Thavakkara Bus Terminal, serves as the main boarding & alighting point in [[Kannur]] for all the passengers travelling outside city and state. It has buses catering to long distances services and short distance buses.
There are many long distance bus services which operates with in Kerala state and to various district headquarters. Interstate bus services towards [[Mangalore]], is also available from Thavakkara Bus Terminal.

The bus stand complex includes one luxury hotel, one budget hotel and one dormitory.

==Railway System==
{{Main article|Kannur Railway Station
}}[[Kannur Railway Station]] is one of the major stations of the [[Southern Railway Zone (India)|Southern Railway]], under the jurisdiction of the [[Palakkad Railway Division|Palakkad Division]]. All trains including the [[Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express]] and [[Kochuveli Railway Station|Kochuveli]] [[Kochuveli-Lokmanya Tilak Garib Rath|Garib Rath]] stop at Kannur. Six daily trains and around 15 weekly or bi-weekly trains connect Kannur to the capital [[Thiruvananthapuram]].

Trains starting from Kannur are:

* Kannur - Thiruvananthapuram [[Jan Shatabdi Express]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/bansal-announces-19-new-trains/article4510873.ece | title=Bansal announces 19 new trains | newspaper=The Hindu | location=New Delhi| date=15 March 2013 | accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* Kannur - Yeshwantpur Express (via Palghat and Salem)
* Kannur - Bengaluru City Express via Mangalore, Mysore (tri-weekly)
* Kannur - Bengaluru City Express via Kunigal, Yeswantpur (Four days a week)
* Kannur - Alappuzha Executive Express
* Kannur - Ernakulam Intercity Express

Passenger trains
*Kannur - Coimbatore
*Kannur - Mangalore
*Kannur - Calicut
*Kannur - Shoranur
*Trichur - Kannur
*Kannur - Cheruvathur

Kannur South, [[Chirakkal, Kannur|Chirakkal]], [[Valapattanam]] and [[Pappinisseri]] are minor railway stations near Kannur where only passenger trains stop. A survey for a railway line from Kannur South to [[Kannur International Airport]] in Mattannur was announced in the 2011–2012 Union [[Railway Budget]].'''Kannur''', also known as Cannanore, is one of the busiest railway station in [[Kerala]] located in the [[Kannur]] City which lies in [[Shoranur–Mangalore section]]. It is operated by the [[Southern Railway Zone (India)|Southern Railway]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. There are many trains operating towards [[Travancore-Cochin|Southern Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Mumbai]] and [[North India]]. Kannur and Kannur South are two different stations which serves Kannur City.<ref>[http://www.southernrailway.gov.in Official Website of the Southern Railway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914051642/http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/ |date=2010-09-14 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=CAN&name=KANNUR Trains at Kannur Railway station]</ref>

This Station has Four platforms, namely Platform No.1, 1A, 2 and 3 and two entrances. Another platform and new exclusive entrance is under construction towards east. The Platform number 1 of the Kannur Railway Station is the second longest [[railway platform]] in the state of Kerala.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://southernrailway.gov.in/sr/Vital_statistics.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827000408/http://southernrailway.gov.in/sr/Vital_statistics.pdf |archivedate=2010-08-27 }}</ref>
{{Railway in Kerala cities}}
[[File:KannurRailwayStation-DistantView.jpg|thumb|Approaching Kannur Railway Station]]
There is strong urge from the passengers for extension of various trains and new trains. The trains that could be extended include Matsyagandha Express, Madgaon Intercity Express, Calicut Janshatabdi. It could be achieved by constructing a new pitline and increasing the number of platforms. Kannur-Byndoor passenger can be extended to Bhatkal.

The Kannur Railway Station is one of the few railway stations in Kerala to be selected for Google's plan to deploy WiFi in collaboration with the Union Government of India.

==Important Trains==
* Kannur - Thiruvananthapuram [[Jan Shatabdi Express]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/bansal-announces-19-new-trains/article4510873.ece | title=Bansal announces 19 new trains | publisher=The Hindu | location=New Delhi| date=15 March 2013 | accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* Kannur - Yeswantpur Express (Via Palghat and Salem)
* Kannur - Bengaluru City Express (Via Mangaluru)
* Kannur - Ernakulam (Executive Express Thursday,Saturday only)
* Kannur - Alappuzha (Executive Express except Thursday,Saturday)
* Kannur - Ernakulam (Intercity Express)

==Slow Trains==
[[File:Kannur Market 3.jpg|thumbnail|Temple near the Railway Station in Kannur]]
*Kannur - Coimbatore fast passenger
*Kannur - Mangaluru passenger
*Kannur - Calicut passenger
*Kannur - Shoranur passenger
*Kannur - Cheruvathur passenger
*Kannur - Thrissur passenger
*Kannur - Byndoor passenger (via Mangaluru junction)
[[File:Railway Station Road, Kannur, Kerala.jpg|thumbnail|Selling Fruits near the Railway Station]]

==Other Trains==
* Hazrat Nizamuddin - Trivandrum [[Rajdhani Express]]
* Hazrat Nizamuddin - Ernakulam [[Mangala Lakshadweep Express]]
* Chennai - Mangaluru Mail via Podanur
* Chennai - Mangaluru [[West Coast Express]] via Coimbatore
* Chennai - Mangaluru Superfast Express via Podanur
* Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Express via Trichy
* Mumbai (LTT) - Trivandrum [[Nethravathi Express]] via Alappuzha
* Mumbai (LTT) - Kochuveli [[Garibrath Express]] via Kottayam
* Chandigarh- Kochuveli [[Kerala Sampark Kranti Express]] via Alappuzha
* Mangaluru- Trivandrum [[Malabar express]] via Kottayam
* Mangaluru- Nagercoil [[Parasuram express]] via Kottayam
* Mangaluru- Trivandrum [[Maveli express]] via Alappuzha
* Mangaluru- Trivandrum express via Kottayam
* Mangaluru- Coimbatore Intercity s/f express
* Mangaluru- Nagercoil [[Ernad express]] via Alappuzha

Kannur is connected to several major Indian cities via daily direct trains. Some of the cities connected, with details of trains, are given below:
* New Dehi by: Trivandrum-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express & Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin [[Mangala Lakshadweep Express]], [[Kerala Sampark Kranti Express]], [[Kochuveli-Amritsar Express]], Kochuveli-Dehradun express,Navyug express
* Mumbai by: Trivandrum-Lokamanya Tilak (Mumbai) [[Netravati Express]], Kochuveli-Lokmanya Tilak Garibrath express, Kochuveli-Ltt s/f express
* Chennai by: Mangaluru-Chennai (Chennai Mail, West Coast, Egmore and Chennai Express)
* Bangalore by: Kannur-Yeswantpur (2 Express; one via Salem and another via Mangaluru)
* Ahmedabad by: Ernakulam-Okha Express, Nagercoil-Gandhidam express, Thiruvananthapuram-Veraval express, Kochuveli-Bhavnagar express, Kochuveli-Bikaner express, Tirunelveli-Hapa express, Kochuveli-Porbandar express, Coimbatore-Bikaner a/c super fast express
* Pune by: Ernakulam-Pune Poorna Express,Ernakulam Pune Superfast express
* Jaipur by: Ernakulam-Ajmer Marusagar Express
* Goa by: Ernakulam-Madgoan express and all trains passing through Konkan railways
* Hyderabad by: Kacheguda Express
* Kolkata by: Vivek Express

==Facilities at Kannur Railway Station==
* Retiring rooms
* IRCTC Restaurants
* Online Reservation
* Internet cafe
* Railway Police Force (RPF)
* Railway Mail Service (RMS)

==References==
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[[Category:Transport in Kannur]]
[[Category:Transport in Kannur district]]

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