Melattur railway station

Melattur railway station
	മേലാറ്റൂർ റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Kerala
Coordinates	11.0650°N 76.2726°E
Termini	Nilambur Road (NIL); Shoranur Junction (SRR)
Stations	11
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Southern Railway zone
Services	7
Operator(s)	Southern Railway zone
History
Opened	1921
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
	Shoranur–Mangalore section
	to Kozhikode
	Jolarpettai–Shoranur line
	to Palakkad Junction
	Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section
	to Thrissur

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, Shoranur, Palakkad, Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram.[1]

Shoranur–Nilambur railway line

The Nilambur–Shoranur 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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