| Payyanur | |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Type: | Indian Railways station |
| Address: | Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala |
| Country: | India |
| Map Type: | India#India Kerala |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | Southern Railway zone |
| Platform: | 3 |
| Tracks: | 5 |
| Other: | Bus stand, Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand |
| Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Status: | Functioning |
| Classification: | NSG-4 |
| Electrified: | Yes |
Payyanur railway station (station code: PAY) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It is a railway station serving the town of Payyanur in the Kannur district of Kerala. This station is the second largest railway station of Kannur district in terms of area after Kannur railway station.
It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railways. The station has three platforms and five tracks.
Payyanur Railway station is located 3.6 km from Payyanur New Bus Stand and 2.7 km from Old Bus Stand, Payyanur, and 4.4 km from KSRTC bus stand, Payyanur (on NH-66).
Kannur International Airport is 60 km from the railway station.
No trains originate from the station. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Trivandrum Central, Ernakulam Junction, Mumbai, Chennai Central, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Coimbatore Junction, Kollam, Mangalore, Mysore, Pune, Pondicherry, New Delhi and so forth.
The Indian Naval Academy is located approximately from the railway station. CRPF's Recruit Training Centre-3 in Peringome is located approximately from the railway station.