Tuvvur railway station

Tuvvur railway station
Tuvvur railway station
	Tuvvur railway station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Malappuram, Palakkad
Coordinates	11°16′57″N 176°15′04″E / 11.2824°N 176.2511°ECoordinates: 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
Services	7
Operator(s)	Southern Railway
History
Opened	1921; 101 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
	Legend
	Mappattukara Rail Bridge
	across Kunthi River
	Shoranur–Mangalore section
	to Kozhikode
	Jolarpettai–Shoranur line
	to Palakkad Junction
	Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section
	to Thrissur
	This diagram: view; talk; ;

Tuvvur railway station is a minor railway station serving the town of Tuvvur in the Malappuram district of Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur–Nilambur section of the Southern Railways. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Nilambur, Shoranur and Angadipuram.^[1]

Shoranur–Nilambur railway line[]

The Nilambur–Shoranur 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]

References[]

^ "Kanhangad Train Connectivity". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Nilambur News". Kerala Tourism. 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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[1] "Kanhangad Train Connectivity". Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.

[nn-2] "The Nilambur News". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

[3] "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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