Kuttippuram railway station (station code: KTU) is an NSGâÂÂ4 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station in the Malappuram district, Kerala.
Tirur railway station, which is one of the nearest stations to Kuttippuram. is the oldest railway station in the Indian state of Kerala. The railway line from Tirur to Beypore is the oldest railway line in the state which also consists of other railway stations at Tanur, Parappanangadi, and Vallikkunnu. The TirurâÂÂBeypore railway line started functioning on March 12, 1861. In the same year, a railway line from Tirur to Kuttippuram was laid via Tirunavaya and it started function on May 1, 1861. Kuttippuram railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in the state. 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. Later the ChennaiâÂÂMangalore railway line was formed as an extension of the BeyporeâÂÂPodanur line formed in the years 1861âÂÂ1862.