Mettur Dam railway station: Difference between revisions

Mettur Dam
Mettur Dam
Indian Railways station
Location	SH 20, P.N.Patti, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates	11°48′16.6″N 77°49′23.8″E / 11.804611°N 77.823278°E
Elevation	256 metres (840 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Salem Junction–Mettur Dam line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	On ground
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	MTDM
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Salem
Fare zone	Southern Railway zone
Electrified	Yes
Location
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Salem–Palakkad line

Legend

km

39

Mettur Dam

27

Mecheri Road

19

Tolasampatti

to Bangalore City

11

Omalur Junction

to Jolarpettai–Shoranur line

3

Magnesite Junction

0

Salem Junction

to Vriddhachalam Junction

Salem Steel plant

to Karur Junction

8

11

22

34

39

47

57

to Karur Junction

62

69

76

81

89

99

State Highway 81

102

Tiruppur Kulipalayam

112

Tiruppur

Tiruppur-Avinashi Road

120

Vanjipalayam

State Highway 166

130

Tiruppur Somanur

State Highway 165

139

Sulur Road

145

Irugur Junction

162

Podanur Junction

14

9

0

3

Coimbatore North Junction

17

Periyanaickenpalayam

28

Karaimadai

36

Mettupalayam

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

(metre-gauge)

State Highway 162

to Pollachi Junction

National Highway 948

ACC Limited plant

166

171

border

180

184

191

199

206

to Shoranur Junction

Source: Google Maps

Mettur Dam railway station (station code: MTDM) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone.^[1] It is a railway station situated in Mettur, Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The station is end station on the Salem Junction–Mettur Dam line.^[2] As of 2025, only one passenger train is operated to Mettur dam is from Erode Junction via Salem Junction because unlike other sections of Southern Railway, this small corridor is heavily concentrated on freight traffic.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "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. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
↑ "MTDM".

External links[edit | edit source]

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[sr_stn-1] "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. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[MTDM-2] "MTDM".

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-'''Mettur Dam railway station (Code: MTDM)''' <ref name = "MTDM">{{cite web |url =http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/mettur-dam-mtdm/6593| title = MTDM}}</ref> is a railway station situated in [[Mettur]], [[Salem district]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The station is end station on the{{stnlnk|Salem Junction}}–Mettur Dam line. The station is operated by the [[Southern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]] and comes under the [[Salem railway division]].
+'''Mettur Dam railway station''' (station code: MTDM) is an NSG–6 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=3 May 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=12 |date=1 April 2023}}</ref> It is a railway station situated in [[Mettur]], [[Salem district]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The station is end station on the {{stnlnk|Salem Junction}}–Mettur Dam line.<ref name = "MTDM">{{cite web |url =http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/mettur-dam-mtdm/6593| title = MTDM}}</ref> As of 2025, only one passenger train is operated to Mettur dam is from [[Erode Junction railway station|Erode Junction]] via [[Salem Junction railway station|Salem Junction]] because unlike other sections of Southern Railway, this small corridor is heavily concentrated on freight traffic.
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