Palakkad

Transport

Palakkad Junction is a very important station of Southern Railway. It is from here the trains take diversion to South and North Kerala. Places like Pollachi, Dindigul and Madurai are connected by the meter guage track starting from here. The trains on the meter guage are like lifelines for the people of the district, bringing vegetables, fish and dairy products.

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The office of the Palghat Division of Southern Railway is situated near Palghat Junction Railway Station.

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Palakkad has a fairly good network of roads. The between Salem-Kanyakumari National Highway 47 and the Palakkad-Kozhikode National Highway 213 pass through the district. Another important road is the Palakkad Ponnani which connects NH 47 and NH 17.

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