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Bus Service

The entire district is extensively covered by the operation of buses, of private & public sectors. The district is credited with an efficient system of passenger & goods traffic by road. The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has a bus station & a garage at Mavoor Road in Kozhikode city & an operating centre at Thamarasseri.

At the K.S.R.T.C. depot at Kozhikode & operating center at Thamarassery

No. of bus schedules	100
Total route length(kms.)	38791

A regional workshop of KSRTC started functioning at East Nadakkavu on 22^nd October 1979.

In the private sector, the growth of bus transport has been remarkable.

Total no. of vehicles registered in the district	77447
No. of goods vehicles	7068
Taxi cars	2348
Private cars	23413
Two wheelers	37279
Autorickshaws	7684
Buses	1530

Distance from Kozhikode to some nearby important places by road

From Kozhikode	Distance in kms.	Via
Allappuzha	288	Kochi
Annamalai	221	Palakkad, Pollachi
Attapadi	136	Perinthalmanna, Mannarkad
Bandipur	169	Sultan Bathery, Gudalur
Bangalore	354	Mysore
Kannur	93
Kochi	224	Thrissur
Coimbatore	191	Palakkad
Coorg	208	Kannur
Guruvayoor	129	Edappal, Kunnamkulam
Idukki	303	Thrissur, Perumbavoor
Kaladi	197	Thrissur, Perumbavoor
Kanyakumari	534	Kochi
Kappad Beach	16
kasargod	208
kodaikanal	314	Palakkad, Palani
Kodungallur	177	guruvayoor
Kottakkal	48
Kottayam	282	Thrissur, Muvattupuzha
Kovalam	457	Kochi
Chennai	688	Coimbatore, Salem
Madurai	369	Palakkad, Palani
Mahe	64	Koyilandy
Malampuzha	149	Palakkad
Mananthavady	110
Mangalapuram	260
Mookambika	390	Mangalapuram
Mudumalai	157	Sultan Bathery, Gudalur
Munnar	289	Thrissur, Perumbavoor
Mysore	214	Sultan Bathery
Nagarcode	150	Manathavady
Ooty	172	Nilambur
Palani	250	Palakkad
Palakkad	137	Kotakkal
Panaji	617	Mangalapuram
Parambikulam	234	palakkad
Parassinikkadavu	115
Peruvannamuzhi dam	60
Pondicherry	573	Palakkad, Palani
Kollam	372	Thrissur, Kochi
Rameswaram	542	Palakkad, Madurai
Sabarimala	415	Thrissur, Kottayam
Silent Valley	138	mannarkad
Sultan Bathery	98
Tanjavoor	460	Palakkad, Coimbatore
Thekkady	356	Thrissur, Moovattupuzha
Tirupathi	554	Mysore, Mangalapuram
Thrissur	143
Thiruvananthapuram	445	Kochi
Thiruchirappally	399	Palakkad, Coimbatore
Uduppi	320	Mangalapuram
velankanni	558	Palakkad, Thiruchirappally

Railways

The railway line of Palakkad division enters Kozhikode district at Kadalundi & runs through the district covering Feroke, Kallai, kozhikode, Vellayil, West Hill, Elathur, Chemancheri, Pantahalayani, Thikkodi, Payyoli, Iringa, Vadakara & Nadapuram road stations. The total length of broadguage railway in the district is 17.48kms.

Train schedule from Kozhikode

Towards South

Train No.	Train Name	Time of Departure
6028	mangalore-Madras West Coast Express	00.25
6308	Kannur-Ernakulam Express	06.45
510	Kannur-Coimbatore First Passenger	08.20
6350	Mangalore-Thiruvananthapuram Express	09.10
6684	Mangalore-palghat Link Express	11.50
512	Kozhikode-Shornur Passenger	12.40
526	Mangalore-Coimbatore First Passenger	14.00
2617	Mangalore-Nizamuddin Mangala Express	15.40
6002	Mangalore-Madras Mail	17.15
6636	Mangalore Kurla Nethravati Express	118.05
516	Kozhikode Shornur Passenger	18.20
6687	Mangalore-Jammu-Thavi Navyug Express (Monday)	19.55
6348	Kannur-Thiruvananthapuram Express	19.10
522	Kannur-Kozhikode passenger	21.05
6030	Mangalore-Thiruvanavthapuram-Malabar Express

Towards North

Train No.	Train Name	Time of Departure
519	Kozhikode-Kannur Passenger	5.45
6027	Madras-Mangalore West Coast Express	1.35
6029	Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Malabar Express	4.00
6635	Kurla-MAngalore Netravathi Express	6.40
6347	Thiruvananthapuram-KAnnur Express	7.35
6001	Madras-Mangalore MAil	8.10
515	Thrissur-Kozhikode Passenger	9.40
2618	Nizamuddin-Mangalore Mangala Express	10.15
525	Coimbatore-Mangalore First Passenger	12.55
6349	Thiruvanathapuram-Mangalore Express	15.40
6688	Jammu-Thavi-Mangalore Navayug Express (Sunday)	17.35
6683	Palakkad-Mangalore Link Express	17.15
511	Coimbatore-Kannur First Passenger	18.20
533	Shornur-Kozhikode Passenger	20.35
6307	Ernakulam-Kannur Executive Express	21.20

Airport

Though the karipur airport is situated in malappuram district, it is only 26.5kms. Away from kozhikode city. There is a massive expansion program for the airport to bring it to international standards. Now flights are being operated from kozhikode to the gulf countries. In the near future, Kozhikode will regain its past glory through the expansion of the airport, as the doors of international trade are being opened.

Ports

The district has an intermediate port at Kozhikode (including Beypore) & a minor port at Vadakara. The port of Kozhikode, inclusive of Beypore, is 144.84kms. north of Kochi. The coastline extends from Elathur cape down to the south bank of the Kadalundi river & treads roughly in a straight line. Beeper with its nearness to Feroke & Kallai, the industrial centres with many tile factories & saw mills & the Rayon Pulp Factory at MAvoor about 16kms. Upstream, offers prospects for great improvement. The port has 2 piers known as the north & south pier. The North pier is162metres long & the South pier is 182metres.

Beypore is situated at the mouth of the Beypore river & is approximately 10kms. South of Kozhikode. A wharf measuring 152m. in width is provided with 5 electric cranes of 5m. tonnes capacity each. A link road to the nearest main road has also been constructed.

Vadakara, another port of the district is situated about 19.31kms. south of Thalassery. Only small coasting steamers call at the port. There is no pier or jetty at this port.

The port of Kozhikode, Beypore & Vadakara are open to foreign trade. Kozhikode port is not completely closed to steamer traffic during the southwest monsoons, but whenever there is heavy rain, steamers do not call, as it is an open roadstead.