Nilambur Road railway station
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 Nilambur Road railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Nilambur, Kerala India | ||||
| Coordinates | 11°16′57″N 76°15′04″E / 11.2824°N 76.2511°E | ||||
| Operated by | Southern Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Nilambur–Shoranur railway line | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||
| Station code | NIL | ||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Palakkad | ||||
| Classification | NSG – 5; Class 'D' | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1921 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2,644 per day[1] | |||||
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Nilambur Road railway station (station code: NIL) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.[2] It is a railway terminus serving the town of Nilambur in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India. It is the station for the Shoranur–Nilambur Road spur rail line of Palakkad Division of Southern Railways. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in Kerala, such as Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam , Kottayam, and Thiruvananthapuram.[3]
Shoranur–Nilambur railway line
[edit]The Nilambur–Shoranur line is a spur line of the Southern Railway Zone in Kerala state and one of the shortest broad-gauge railway lines in India and the only terminus railway station in Kerala.[4] It is a single electrified line with 66 kilometres (41 mi) length running from Shoranur Junction (in Palakkad district) to Nilambur railway station (in Malappuram district).[4] This station is 4 km from the town of Nilambur on the Kozhikode–Ooty highway.[4] Shoranur–Nilambur Road passenger trains ply this route.[4] It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) away from Malappuram town.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Annual originating passengers & earnings for the year 2017-18 (Palakkad Division)" (PDF). Southern Railway. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "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. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Kanhangad Train Connectivity". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d "The Nilambur news". Kerala Tourism. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "The official website of Malappuram district". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
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