Melattur railway station

Melattur railway station is a minor railway station serving the town of Melattur in the Malappuram District of Kerala. It lies on scenic Nilambur - Shoranur Line of Palakkad Division of Southern Railways. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in Kerala such as Nilambur, Shornur, Palakkad, Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram.[1]

Melattur
Melattur railway station
Overview
TypeLight rail
SystemSouthern Railway zone
StatusOperational
LocaleKerala
Coordinates11.0650°N 76.2726°E / 11.0650; 76.2726
TerminiNilambur Road (NIL)
Shoranur Junction (SRR)
Stations11
Services7
Operation
Opened1921 (1921)
OwnerIndian Railways
Operator(s)Southern Railway zone
Technical
Line length66 kilometres (41 mi)
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed65 kilometres per hour (40 mph)
Route map
 Kms
0.0 Nilambur Road
10.6 Vaniyambalam
14.9 Thodiyappulam
19.2 Tuvvur
25.6 Melattur
32.8 Pattikkad
38.4 Angadipuram
NH 213
45.5 Cherukara
Mappattukara Rail Bridge
52.1 Kulukkallur
55.7 Vallapuzha
61.8 Vadanamkurishshi
 Palakkad Junction  
66.1 Shoranur Junction
  Kozhikode 
 Thrissur

Shornur-Nilambur railway line

The Nilambur–Shoranur railway line is a branch line of the Southern Railway Zone in Kerala state and one of the shortest broad gauge railway lines in India.[2] It is a single line with 66 kilometres (41 mi) length running from Shoranur Junction (in Palakkad district) to Nilambur Railway Station (in Malappuram district).[2] This station is 4 km from the town of Nilambur on the Kozhikode–Ooty highway.[2] Shoranur–Nilambur Road passenger trains are running on this route.[2] It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Malappuram town.[3]

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References
  1. "Kanhangad Train Connectivity". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
  2. "The Nilambur news". Kerala Tourism. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  3. "The official website of Malappuram district". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2010.


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