Nilambur–Shoranur railway line

Nilambur–Shoranur railway line
Nilambur railway station
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Southern Railway
Status	Operational
Locale	Malappuram , Palakkad
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 Legend 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

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.^[1] 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).^[1] This station is 4 km from the town of Nilambur on the Kozhikode–Ooty highway.^[1] Shoranur–Nilambur Road passenger trains are running on this route.^[1] It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Malappuram town.^[2]

History

The line was opened in 1921 in stages: from Shoranur to Angadipuram on 3 February, on to Vaniyambalam on 3 August, with completion on 26 October.

Geography

The line passes through the eastern part of the Malappuram district. The line crosses Kunthippuzha between Kulukkalloor and Cherukara which borders Palakkad and Malappuram districts. Velliyar river, a major tributary of Kadalundi river (between Pattikkad and Melattur), Olippuzha river, another tributary of Kadalundi river (between Melattur and Tuvvur) and Kuthirappuzha, a tributary of Chaliyar river (between Vaniyambalam and Nilambur road) are other major rivers that this line crosses.

See also

• Edakkara town
• Angadippuram town

References

External links

• www.southernrailway.org

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