Thrissur is also popular as the Cultural Capital of Kerala due to its traditional, mystical and spiritual bending all through history. The city has the Thrissur Pooram celebration, the most bright and breathtaking temple celebration and carnival in Kerala. During April- May this festival occurs and takes place at Theekkinkadu Maidan. Thrissur has an expansive number of well-known temples involving the temples like Vadakkumnathan, Paramekkavu and Shri Krishna Temple.
Present day retailing is an enormous occupational and income earner for the city. Gems and material retailing possesses a real piece of the retailing business in Thrissur. The city is considered as center point of ornaments and material occupation in Kerala. The majorities of the gems gatherings have their outlets in Thrissur and give occupations to a large number of individuals.
Railway Station of Thrissur (TCR) –
In Thrissur the south railway zone of Indian Railway works as the main railway transport system. A-1 type station placed in Thrissur city in Kerala, India. It has been one of the busiest stations of Kerala, 80 sets of train pass through this station; it has been announced in 2013.It is laid on Shoranur – Cochin Harbor busy section.It holds three satellite station, Punkunnam Railway Station, Ollur station and Mulankunnathukavu station; the last two stations are the minor one.
The station holds four platforms and two doors;the main entrance is from east side and the second one at west side which was inaugurated in 2010. The station can be effortlessly reachable from Kottappuram side and from bus stand.
Food of the Thrissur Railway Station –
Naturally, Thrissur Hindus are not vegetarian; only few people are there who love vegetarian food. Muslims and Christians, who are prevalently non-vegans, utilize fish and meat. Rice with some curries and pickles or idly shaped the principle breakfast among all families, yet it has now been supplanted by tea, espresso or different drinks brought alongside dishes like Dosa, Idly, Poori, vada and Uppuma.The main food of Thrissur is related to Rice and it is the main ingredient that is used in almost all the local cuisine like Achappam, Vellayappam and Kuzhalappam are well known snacks.
Facilities at Thrissur Railway Station –
- The station holds following facilities
- Five non reservation ticket counters in the east side of station and two in west
- Ten automatic ticket machines that is also placed in the east side
- Four Separate reservation counter for long distance reservation
- AC and Non AC waiting room available
- Food outlets, veg and non-veg food, multi cuisines along with online food service in train
- Car parking facilities
- Railway Protection Police force
- Parcel Booking office
- ATM of State Bank of India and Canara Bank
- Auto and rickshaw services at reasonable price
Trains Passing through Thrissur Railway Station (TCR) –
| Train No. | Train Name | Arr. Time | Dep. Time |
| 1065 | CSTM ERS SPL | 15:07 | 15:10 |
| 2851 | SRC ERS SPL | 04:55 | 05:00 |
| 2852 | SANTRAGACHI EXP | 09:57 | 10:00 |
| 4093 | KCVL NZM AC EXP | 06:25 | 06:28 |
| 4094 | NZM KCVL AC SPL | 14:17 | 14:20 |
| 4823 | BGKT ERS SPL | 04:50 | 04:55 |
| 6316 | BANGALORE EXP | 22:22 | 22:25 |
| 6319 | NZM KCVL SF SPL | 14:17 | 14:20 |
| 6335 | GHY-KCVL SPL | 16:17 | 16:20 |
| 6336 | KCVL-GHY SPL | 17:30 | 17:33 |
| 7211 | CCT QLN SPL | 18:57 | 19:00 |
| 8569 | VSKP QLN SPECIA | 09:17 | 09:20 |
| 8570 | QLN VSKP EXP | 01:47 | 01:50 |
| 10215 | Madgaon-Ernakulam Weekly SF Express | 09:10 | 09:13 |
| 10216 | Ernakulam-Madgaon Weekly SF Express | 15:04 | 15:07 |
| 11097 | Poorna SF Express (Via Belgaum) | 02:21 | 02:24 |
| 11098 | Poorna SF Express (Via Belgaum) | 00:38 | 00:41 |
| 12075 | Kozhikode – Trivandrum Jan Shatabdi Express | 15:54 | 15:56 |