Melattur railway station

Nilambur–Shoranur railway line
Nilambur–Shoranur railway line
	Melattur railway station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Kerala
Coordinates	11°16′57″N 176°15′04″E / 11.2824°N 176.2511°E
Termini	Nilambur Road (NIL); Shoranur Junction (SRR);
Stations	11
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Southern Railway zone
Services	7
Operator(s)	Southern Railway
History
Opened	1921; 104 years ago
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
Route map
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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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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Nilambur news". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 26 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "The official website of Malappuram district". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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