Mettupalayam | |
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| Indian Railways station | |
 Logo for the 150th year celebration of Mettupalayam Railway Station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Mettupalayam, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates | 11°17′56″N 76°56′08″E / 11.2989°N 76.9355°E |
| Owned by | Indian Railways[1] |
| Line(s) | Coimbatore–Mettupalayam line Nilgiri Mountain Railway |
| Tracks | 3 electrified broad gauge, 5 narrow gauge |
| Construction | |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | MTP |
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone |
| Division(s) | Salem |
| Fare zone | Southern Railway zone |
| History | |
| Opened | 1873 |
| Electrified | yes |
| Location | |
  Mettupalayam Location within India  Mettupalayam Mettupalayam (Tamil Nadu) | |
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Mettupalayam railway station is a railway station located in Mettupalayam, a suburb of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its railway code is MTP. It is one of the important railway stations located in the Coimbatore District,[2] because the Nilgiri Mountain Railway to the hill station of Ooty starts from here. It is the connection between the narrow-gauge Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the broad-gauge main network of Indian Railways. It recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.[3]
The station is served by the Salem Division of Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The Grand Trunk Express used to run 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.[4][5] The Tea Garden Express ran in metre gauge between Ooty and Mettupalayam and broad gauge between Mettupalayam and Cochin Harbour Terminus.[6][7] 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.[8][9] 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,[10] Island Express, Malabar Express and Mumbai-Coimbatore (Through Coach bifurcate/amalgamate to Chennai-Mumbai Mail).[11]
The Mettupalayam to Ooty passenger train (06136) only departs from Mettupalayam after the arrival of Nilgiri Express (12671) at Mettupalayam.[12]
