Melattur railway station

Nilambur–Shoranur railway line
Melattur railway station
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Southern Railway zone
Status	Operational
Locale	Kerala
Coordinates	11°16′57″N 176°15′04″E / 11.2824°N 176.2511°E / 11.2824; 176.2511Coordinates: 11°16′57″N 176°15′04″E / 11.2824°N 176.2511°E / 11.2824; 176.2511
Termini	Nilambur Road (NIL) Shoranur Junction (SRR)
Stations	11
Services	7
Operation
Opened	1921 (1921)
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator(s)	Southern Railway
Technical
Line length	66 kilometres (41 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	65 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

Melattur railway station is a minor railway station serving the town of Melattur in the Malappuram District of Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur - Mangalore Section of the Southern Railways. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Nilambur, Shornur and Angadipuram.^[1]

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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