Coimbatore–Mettupalayam line Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Platforms
3 Side platforms[2]
Tracks
3 electrified broad gauge, 1 metre gauge
Construction
Parking
Available
Bicycle facilities
Yes
Other information
Status
Functioning
Station code
MTP
Zone(s)
Southern Railway zone
Division(s)
Salem
Fare zone
Southern Railway zone
History
Opened
1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Closed
1903
Rebuilt
1973
Electrified
Yes (broad gauge only)
Passengers
1.55 crores
Services
5
Location
Mettupalayam junction
Location within India
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Mettupalayam junction
Mettupalayam junction (Tamil Nadu)
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Salem–Palakkad line
Legend
km
39
Mettur Dam
27
Mecheri Road
19
Tolasampatti
to Bangalore City
11
Omalur Junction
to Jolarpettai–Shoranur line
3
Magnesite Junction
0
Salem Junction
to Vriddhachalam Junction
Salem Steel Plant
to Karur Junction
8
Neykkarapatti
11
Virapandy Road
22
Madudanchavadi
34
Mavelipalaiyam
39
Sankaridurg
47
Anangur
State Highway 79
57
Cauvery
State Highway 198
River Kaveri
to Karur Junction on Erode–Tiruchirappalli line
State Highway 83A
62
Erode Junction
Erode ORR
69
Totiyapalayam
76
Perundurai
81
Ingur
State Highway 96
89
Vijayamangalam
99
Uttukuli
State Highway 81
102
Tiruppur Kulipalayam
112
Tiruppur
Tiruppur-Avinashi Road
120
Vanjipalayam
State Highway 166
130
Somanur
State Highway 165
139
Sulur Road
145
Irugur Junction
162
Podanur Junction
14
Singanallur
9
Pilamedu
National Highway 948
0
Coimbatore Junction
3
Coimbatore North Junction
17
Periyanaickenpalayam
28
Karaimadai
36
Mettupalayam
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
(metre-gauge)
State Highway 162
to Pollachi Junction
National Highway 948
ACC Limited plant
166
Madukkarai
171
Ettimadai
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
border
180
Walayar
184
Chullimada
191
Kanjikode
Malampuzha River
199
Kottekad
206
Palakkad Junction
to Shoranur Junction
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Mettupalayam railway station (station code: MTP[3]) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone.[4] It is a railway station located in Mettupalayam, a suburb of Coimbatore district in the Indian state Tamil Nadu. It is one of the important railway stations located in the Coimbatore District,[5] because the Nilgiri Mountain Railway to the hill station of Ooty starts from here. It is the connection between the metre-gauge Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the broad-gauge main network of Indian Railways. It recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.[6]
The Grand Trunk Express operated from Mettupalayam to Peshawar from 15 October 1929 and was extended to Lahore from 1 March 1930. Later that year, on 1 September 1930, it was changed to New Delhi to Chennai, which remains the case till today.[7][8] The Tea Garden Express ran in metre gauge between Ooty and Mettupalayam and broad gauge between Mettupalayam and Cochin Harbour Terminus.[9][10] Post-Indian independence, the Ooty–Mettupalayam trip was cut off, and the train ran as No. 565/566 between Cochin Harbour Terminus and Mettupalayam since the 1970s.[11][12] Today the Nilgiri Express (also known as the Blue Mountain Express) covers Chennai to Mettupalayam and acts as the link to Ooty. Nilgiri Express used to be the main portion of Bangalore Mail,[13] Island Express, Malabar Express and Mumbai-Coimbatore (through coach bifurcate/amalgamate to Chennai-Mumbai Mail).[14]
The Mettupalayam junction to Ooty passenger train (56136) only departs from Mettupalayam after the arrival of Nilgiri Express (12671) at Mettupalayam.[15]
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^Service, Express News (26 March 2024). "Tamil Nadu: Rs 24 crore facelift for Mettupalayam and Karamadai stations". The New Indian Express. Coimbatore. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^"Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^"SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^Palaniappan, V.S. (15 March 2012). "Associations demand extra coaches in Coimbatore – Mettupalayam train". The Hindu.
^Bureau, The Hindu (5 September 2023). "'Muted' 150th year celebration of Mettupalayam Railway Station disappoints local public". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^"VIII". Report by the Railway board on Indian Railways for 1929-30:Volume I. Calcutta: Central Publication Branch, Government of India. 1930. p. 71.
^S. Shankar. "Classic Trains of India". Indian Railways Fan Club Association. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
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