Meerut Cantt railway station

Meerut Cantt. railway station
Indian Railways station Passenger Station
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Location	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh  India
Coordinates	29°00′59″N 77°41′13″E / 29.016323°N 77.686832°E / 29.016323; 77.686832Coordinates: 29°00′59″N 77°41′13″E / 29.016323°N 77.686832°E / 29.016323; 77.686832
Elevation	229 metres (751 ft)
Owned by	Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways
Construction
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MUT
Zone(s)	Northern Railway
Division(s)	Delhi
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Meerut City toward ? Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line toward ?
Location
Meerut Cantt. railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

v t Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line
Legend
km Saharanpur Junction 181 Moradabad–Ambala line Tapri 174 Delhi–Shamli– Saharanpur line Nangal 164 Talheri Buzurg 156 Deoband 147 Rohana Kalan 135 Bamanheri 128 Muzaffarnagar 123 Jaraudanara 118 Mansurpur 110 Miranpur–Khatauli Road Khatauli 101 Shakoti Tanda 091 Daurala 083 Pabli Khas 076 Meerut Bypass Road NH 58 Meerut Cantt 072 km Meerut City 067 0 9 Nurnagar Partapur 061 11 Chandsara 18 Kharkhauda 23 Kalli Hapur Road Mohiuddinpur 056 Delhi–Moradabad line 30 Hapur Junction Modinagar 048 Delhi–Moradabad line 39 Hafizpur Upper Ganga Canal 49 Gulaothi 54 Chhaprawat Muradnagar 038 59 Baral 68 Numaishgarh halt Duhai halt 033 71 Bulandshahr 78 Maman Guldhar 030 NH 91 87 Khurja City New Ghaziabad 026 Kanpur–Delhi section Khurja Junction Delhi–Moradabad line Kanpur–Delhi section Kanpur–Delhi section Ghaziabad 020 km Sahibabad Junction 013 Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Chander Nagar Vivek Vihar 009 Delhi–Shamli– Saharanpur line Anand Vihar Terminal Delhi Shahdara 006 Yamuna Yamuna Delhi Junction 000 Delhi–Kalka line Delhi–Fazilka line New Delhi 023 Shivaji Bridge 024 Tilak Bridge 026 Pragati Maidan 028 Hazrat Nizamuddin 030 Delhi–Jaipur line NH 2 Agra Chord to Kanpur–Delhi section km
Sources: Google Maps 54505 Delhi–Ambala Passenger 54402 Meerut–Khurja Passenger

Meerut Cantt (code: MUT), is a railway station in the city of Meerut. It lies on Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line in Delhi division of Northern Railway zone of India .

History[]

The railway line between Old Delhi and Meerut was constructed in 1864. This station was established by British India government around 1865 after the Sepoy mutiny of 1857.^[1] It lies on the Delhi to Haridwar/Dehradun line.

Lines and Routes[]

It lies on Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line that connects Delhi, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur. Delhi to Meerut City is double-line and electrified while Meerut–Saharanpur section is single-electrified line.^[2] Doubling of Meerut–Saharanpur section is on full swing.^[3]

Trains[]

A total of 35 trains halt at Meerut Cantt railway station.^[4] 1 train, Meerut Cantt–New Delhi–Rewari passenger (MNR) originate from Meerut Cantt.^[4]

Meerut City, a major railway station, is located 4 km south.

Infrastructure[]

The station was primarily built to facilitate army movement by rail by British India Government. It has dedicated infrastructure(siding and platform) for same.^[5] The station premises also has a butt welding plant with a dedicated siding that welds small segment of rails into continuous rails.^[5]

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