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	{{Infobox station		{{Infobox station
	\| name = Mettupalayam		\| name = Mettupalayam junction
	\| type = [[Indian Railways]] station		\| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
	\| style = Indian Railways		\| style = Indian Railways
	\| address = [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore]]		\| address = [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore]]
	\| country = [[Tamil Nadu]], India		\| country = [[Tamil Nadu]], India
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|11.2989\|76.9355\|type:railwaystation_region:IN\|display=inline}}		\| coordinates = {{coord\|11.2989\|76.9355\|type:railwaystation_region:IN\|display=inline}}
	\| map_type = India#India Tamil Nadu		\| map_type = India#India Tamil Nadu
	\| line = [[Coimbatore–Mettupalayam line]]<br/>[[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]		\| line = [[Coimbatore–Mettupalayam line]]<br/>[[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]
	\| image = ~~Niltrain.JPG~~		\| image =
	\| image_caption = ~~Ooty Passenger (toy train) at~~ the ~~station~~		\| image_caption = Logo for the 150th year celebration of Mettupalayam Railway Station
	\| structure =		\| structure =
	\| tracks = 3 electrified broad gauge, ~~5 narrow~~ gauge		\| tracks = 3 electrified broad gauge, 1 metre gauge
	\| parking = Available		\| parking = Available
	\| bicycle =		\| platforms = 3 [[Side platforms]]<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Service \|first1=Express News \|title=Tamil Nadu: Rs 24 crore facelift for Mettupalayam and Karamadai stations \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/Mar/26/tamil-nadu-rs-24-crore-facelift-for-mettupalayam-and-karamadai-stations \|access-date=30 March 2024 \|work=The New Indian Express \|date=26 March 2024 \|location=Coimbatore \|language=en}}</ref>
	\| ~~electrified~~ = ~~yes~~		\| bicycle = Yes
	\| ~~elevation~~ =		\| opened = {{start date and age\|1873}}
	\| ~~status~~ =		\| closed = 1903
	\| ~~ADA~~ =		\| rebuilt = 1973
	\| code = MTP		\| electrified = Yes (broad gauge only)
	\| ~~owned~~ = [[~~Indian Railways~~]]		\| code = {{Indian railway code
	\| zone = [[Southern Railway ~~(India)~~\|~~Southern~~ Railways]]		\| code = MTP <!-- PTJ -->
			\| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
			\| division = {{rwd\|Salem}}}}
			\| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
			\| status = Functioning
			\| passengers = 1.55 crores
			\| pass_year =
			\| pass_percent =
			\| pass_system =
			\| mpassengers =
			\| services = 5
			\| map_locator =
			\| elevation =
			\| accessible =
			\| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/fnrm1-nmr.html\|title=[IRFCA] Indian Steam Railway Society Article\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	{{Salem–Palakkad sector\|collapse=yes}}		{{Salem–Palakkad sector\|collapse=yes}}
	'''Mettupalayam railway station''' is a ~~train~~ station located in [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore\|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,<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/associations-demand-extra-coaches-in-coimbatore-mettupalayam-train/article2998096.ece\| title=Associations demand extra coaches in Coimbatore – Mettupalayam train\| first=V.S.\| last=Palaniappan\| date=15 March 2012\| website=The Hindu}}</ref> because the [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] starts from here. The ~~station is served~~ by the ~~Salem Division~~ of [[~~Southern Railway zone~~]] of [[Indian Railways]].		'''Mettupalayam railway station''' (station code: MTP<ref name="stn_code">{{cite web \|title=Station Code Index \|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2023-24/Station_Code_Index.pdf \|website=Portal of Indian Railways \|publisher=Centre For Railway Information Systems \|access-date=27 March 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216225807/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2023-24/Station_Code_Index.pdf \|archive-date=16 February 2024 \|page=7 \|format=PDF \|date=2023–24}}</ref>) is an NSG–4 category [[List of railway stations in India\|Indian railway station]] in [[Salem railway division]] of [[Southern Railway zone]].<ref name="sr_stn">{{cite web \|title=SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE) \|url=https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf \|website=Portal of Indian Railways \|publisher=Centre For Railway Information Systems \|access-date=27 March 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323095403/https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1686913242750-SR%20-LIST%20OF%20STATIONS-2023.pdf \|archive-date=23 March 2024 \|page=3 \|format=PDF \|date=1 April 2023}}</ref> It is a railway station located in [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore\|Mettupalayam]], a suburb of [[Coimbatore district]] in the [[States and union territories of India\|Indian state]] [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is one of the important railway stations located in the Coimbatore District,<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/associations-demand-extra-coaches-in-coimbatore-mettupalayam-train/article2998096.ece\| title=Associations demand extra coaches in Coimbatore – Mettupalayam train\| first=V.S.\| last=Palaniappan\| date=15 March 2012\| website=The Hindu}}</ref> because the [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] to the hill station of [[Ooty]] starts from here. It is the connection between the [[Metre-gauge railway\|metre-gauge]] Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the [[Broad-gauge railway\|broad-gauge]] main network of Indian Railways. It recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2023-09-05 \|title='Muted' 150th year celebration of Mettupalayam Railway Station disappoints local public \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/muted-150th-year-celebration-of-mettupalayam-railway-station-disappoints-local-public/article67274367.ece \|access-date=2024-02-14 \|work=The Hindu \|language=en-IN \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

			The [[Grand Trunk Express]] operated 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 {{rws\|New Delhi}} to {{rws\|Chennai Central\|3=Chennai}}, which remains the case till today.<ref>"VIII". Report by the Railway board on Indian Railways for 1929-30:Volume I. Calcutta: Central Publication Branch, Government of India. 1930. p. 71.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Classic Trains of India\|url=http://irfca.org/~shankie/famoustrains/famtraingt.htm\|work=Indian Railways Fan Club Association\|accessdate=5 November 2013\|author=S. Shankar\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504053951/http://irfca.org/~shankie/famoustrains/famtraingt.htm\|archive-date=4 May 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Tea Garden Express]] ran in metre gauge between Ooty and Mettupalayam and broad gauge between Mettupalayam and [[Cochin Harbour Terminus]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/timetables/1931TT/1931_Mettupalaiyam___Podanur___Madras.JPG.html\|title = 1931_Mettupalaiyam___Podanur___Madras}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/timetables/Miscellaneous_Timetables/1955_Madras___Ernakulam_Abstract.jpg.html\|title = 1955_Madras___Ernakulam_Abstract}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/timetables/Miscellaneous_Timetables/brad_60_Apr_p23.jpg.html?\|title = Brad_60_Apr_p23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aanavandi.com/blog/trip-historic-cochin-harbour-terminus-station-ernakulam/\|title=A trip to Historic Cochin Harbour Terminus Station Ernakulam - Aanavandi Travel Blog}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/timetables/1931TT/1931+Madras+-+Trivandrum+Abstract.JPG.html?\|title = 1931 Madras - Trivandrum Abstract}}</ref> [[Island Express (train)\|Island Express]], [[Malabar Express]] and Mumbai–Coimbatore (through coach bifurcate/amalgamate to Chennai–Mumbai Mail).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/document/154650\|title= Nilgiri Railway (India) No 944 bis\|website= whc.unesco.org}}</ref>

			The Mettupalayam junction to Ooty passenger train (56136) only departs from Mettupalayam after the arrival of Nilgiri Express (12671) at Mettupalayam.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irfca.org/chainage/table-6.html\|title=Table 6: Coimbatore - Mettupalayam - Udhagamandalam & #124; Chainage Documents - IRFCA.org\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref>

			== Projects and development ==
			It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under ''Amrit Bharat Station Scheme'' of Indian Railways.<ref>{{cite news \|title=AMRIT BHARAT STATIONS \|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1897980 \|access-date=6 April 2024 \|work=Press Information Bureau \|date=10 Feb 2023 \|location=New Delhi}}</ref>

			== Awards and achievements ==
			In 2019, the station was granted ISO–14001 certification for complying with [[National Green Tribunal]] (NGT) directives.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/5-rly-stations-in-salem-division-bag-iso-14001-certification/articleshow/70984599.cms\|title=Salem junction gets ISO 14001 certification\|last=ISO\|first=Salem\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2020-07-05}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	* {{stnlnk\|Coimbatore Junction}}		* {{stnlnk\|Coimbatore Junction}}
	* [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]		* [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]

	~~==Gallery==~~
	~~[[file:Ooty mountain train at mettupalayam railway station jadan.JPG\|150px\|Ooty toy train in Mettupalayam railway station]]~~
	~~[[File:Nilgiri Mountain Train.jpg\|150px\|Ooty toy train]]~~

	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1873]]
	[[Category:Railway stations in Coimbatore district]]		[[Category:Railway stations in Coimbatore district]]
	[[Category:Mountain railways in India]]		[[Category:Mountain railways in India]]


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{{Short description|Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Mettupalayam
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| address = [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore]]
| country = [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|11.2989|76.9355|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| map_type = India#India Tamil Nadu
| line = [[Coimbatore–Mettupalayam line]]<br/>[[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]
| image = Niltrain.JPG
| image_caption = Ooty Passenger (toy train) at the station
| structure =
| tracks = 3 electrified broad gauge, 5 narrow gauge
| parking = Available
| bicycle =
| electrified = yes
| elevation =
| status =
| ADA =
| code = MTP
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railways]]
}}
{{Salem–Palakkad sector|collapse=yes}}
'''Mettupalayam railway station''' is a train station located in [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore|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,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/associations-demand-extra-coaches-in-coimbatore-mettupalayam-train/article2998096.ece| title=Associations demand extra coaches in Coimbatore – Mettupalayam train| first=V.S.| last=Palaniappan| date=15 March 2012| website=The Hindu}}</ref> because the [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] starts from here. The station is served by the Salem Division of [[Southern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]].

==See also==
* {{stnlnk|Coimbatore Junction}}
* [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]

==Gallery==
[[file:Ooty mountain train at mettupalayam railway station jadan.JPG|150px|Ooty toy train in Mettupalayam railway station]]
[[File:Nilgiri Mountain Train.jpg|150px|Ooty toy train]]

==References==
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[[Category:Railway stations in Coimbatore district]]
[[Category:Mountain railways in India]]

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