The station is used as shuttle station for Thrissur railway station that is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south. It is just 250 metres (820 ft) away from State Highway 22 (Kerala). Ticketing is computerized and there are also basic parking facilities on site. A Food Corporation of India storage facility is located close nearby. Only passenger trains and MEMU trains stop here. The line presently connects only trains through the cities of Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Shornur, Tirur (Malappuram), Thalassery, Kannur and Coimbatore.
