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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Kuttippuram Railway Station<br />
| native_name = <br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Kuttippuram Railway Station.jpg<br />
| image_size =<br />
| image_caption = Kuttippuram railway station<br />
| address = [[Kuttippuram]], [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| country = {{flagu|India}}<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.8456019|76.0337296|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
| map_type = India#India Kerala<br />
| elevation = 13 m<br />
| line = [[Shoranur–Mangalore section]]<br />
| other = [[Bus stand]], [[Taxicab stand]], [[Auto rickshaw]] stand<br />
| structure = At–grade<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 4<br />
| parking = Available<br />
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1888}}<br />
| closed =<br />
| rebuilt =<br />
| electrified = Yes<br />
| ADA = <!---{{Access icon|20px}}---><br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = KTU<br />
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Palakkad}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former =<br />
| zone = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
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'''Kuttippuram railway station''' (Code: KTU) is a railway station in the [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]] and falls under the [[Palakkad railway division]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]], [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/kuttippuram-ktu/1490|title = 30 COVID-19 Special Arrivals at Kuttippuram SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[Tirur railway station]], which is the one of the nearest stations to Kuttippuram is the oldest railway station in the Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="mpm">{{Cite news|title=ആ ചൂളംവിളി പിന്നെയും പിന്നെയും...|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/malappuram/specials/50-years-of-malappuram/kerala-first-railway-line-tirur-to-beypore-1.3880175|date=17 June 2019|access-date=19 December 2020|work=Mathrubhumi}}</ref> The railway line from [[Tirur]] to [[Beypore]] is the oldest railway line in the state which also consists of other railway stations at [[Tanur, Malappuram|Tanur]], [[Parappanangadi]], and [[Vallikkunnu]].<ref name="mpm"/> The [[Tirur]]–[[Beypore]] railway line started functioning on March 12, 1861.<ref name="ll">{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/lifeline-of-malabar-turns-125/article4250472.ece |work=The Hindu |title='Lifeline' of Malabar turns 125 |date=29 December 2012 |access-date= 19 December 2020|last1=Radhakrishnan |first1=S. Anil }}</ref> In the same year, a railway line from [[Tirur]] to [[Kuttippuram]] was laid via [[Tirunavaya]] and it started function on May 1, 1861.<ref name="mpm"/> Kuttippuram railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in the state.<ref name="mpm"/> Later in 1862, the railway line was expanded from Kuttippuram to [[Pattambi]], and later it was again expanded from Pattambi to [[Podanur]] in the same year.<ref name="mpm"/> Later the [[Chennai]]–[[Mangalore]] railway line was formed as an extension of the [[Beypore]]–[[Podanur]] line formed in the years 1861–1862.<ref name="mpm"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kuttippuram]]<br />
*[[Kuttippuram bridge]]<br />
*[[Bharathappuzha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Palakkad railway division]]<br />
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