PGT Railway Station Information and Trains for PGT

The station is located at from Palakkad KSRTC bus stand. Olavakkode is a satellite town of Palakkad and is located on National Highway 213 (India) which connects Palakkad to Kozhikode. The station falls in the Palakkad railway division. It is one of the important railway stations of Southern Railway Zone (India) of the Indian Railways.

Palakkad Junction is located on Jolarpettai-Shoranur railway line and is the terminating point for the Palakkad-Madurai rail line. The other station serving the city is Palakkad Town railway station.

The station is served by five platforms. Platforms 1, 2 and 3 are used for trains going towards Shoranur, Thrissur and Palakkad Town where as platforms 4 and 5 are mainly used for trains going towards Chennai. The electronic interlocking system, which will replace the prevailing route relay interlocking system, was also completed. The train traffic in the junction will be considerably high once the trains from Pollachi Junction enter here.

A Mainline Electric Multiple Unit MEMU shed operates to maintain the suburban trains running between Shornur Junction and Erode Junction.