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{{Infobox station<br />
| name= Vallathol Nagar<br />
| type = [[Regional rail]] and [[Light rail]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image= Vallathol Nagar.jpg<br />
| image_caption= Vallathol Nagar railway station<br />
| address= <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.7316|76.2813|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
| map_type = India#India Kerala<br />
| line= [[Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section]]<br />
| other=<br />
| structure= <br />
| platform= 2<br />
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| tracks= <br />
| parking= No<br />
| bicycle=<br />
| opened=<br />
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| rebuilt=<br />
| electrified= Yes<br />
| code= VTK<br />
| owned= [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| zone= [[Southern Railway zone]]<br />
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| route_map = {{Shoranur–Ernakulam line}}<br />
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'''Vallathol Nagar railway station''' (VTK) falls between {{stnlnk|Shoranur Junction}} and [[Mullurkara railway station]] in the [[Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section]] of [[Thrissur district]]. Vallathol Nagar railway station is operated by the [[Chennai]]-headquartered [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railways]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. It is the base station for [[Kerala Kalamandalam]]<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/20/stories/2010102058060300.htm<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023034852/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/20/stories/2010102058060300.htm<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-date=2010-10-23<br />
|work=[[The Hindu]]<br />
|title=Bank engine derails near Vallathol Nagar<br />
|date=2010-10-20<br />
|access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/forty-assistant-stationmasters-posts-axed-in-thiruvananthapuram-railway-division/article4829502.ece <br />
|title=Forty assistant stationmaster's posts axed in Thiruvananthapuram railway division <br />
|work=The Hindu <br />
|access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.holidayiq.com/railways/vallathol-nagar-railway-station-vtk.html <br />
|title=Vallathol Nagar Railway Station <br />
|access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/he-fell-on-the-same-track-where-soumya-was-pushed-off-train/article4581750.ece <br />
|title=He fell on the same track where Soumya was pushed off train <br />
|work=The Hindu <br />
|access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2019}} and last station in the [[Thiruvananthapuram railway division]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The station is named after [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]] or popularly known as ''Mahakavi Vallathol'', [[Kerala]]'s greatest poet in [[Malayalam]] language. Vallathol Narayana Menon was instrumental in establishing the [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] in [[Cheruthuruthi]], a major centre for learning Indian performing arts, especially those that developed in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050851060200.htm<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513031703/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050851060200.htm<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-date=2009-05-13<br />
|work=[[The Hindu]]<br />
|title=Demand to name station after poet <br />
|date=2009-05-08<br />
|access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Thiruvananthapuram railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Thrissur district]]<br />
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