Palakkad MEMU Shed
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| Location | Palakkad Junction railway station, India |
| Coordinates | 10°48′09″N 76°38′41″E / 10.8025579°N 76.6448605°E / 10.8025579; 76.6448605 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Southern Railway zone |
| Depot code | MEMU PGT |
| Type | Mainline Electric multiple unit |
| Rolling stock | MEMU |
| Routes served | SRRTooltip Shoranur Junction–CANTooltip Kannur railway station175.3 km PGTNTooltip Palakkad Town railway station–EDTooltip Erode Junction160.4 km SRRTooltip Shoranur Junction–CBETooltip Coimbatore Junction155.6 km PGTTooltip Palakkad Junction–ERSTooltip Ernakulam Junction149.4 km PGTNTooltip Palakkad Town railway station–CBETooltip Coimbatore Junction58 km |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 January 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-01-01) |
Palakkad MEMU Car Shed is an ISO certified motive power depot facility for maintaining MEMU rakes, situated at Palakkad in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] It is one of the four MEMU rake maintenance sheds serving the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and the first MEMU Shed in Kerala.[2][3]
Railway proposed MEMU Car sheds in Palakkad and Kollam in 2008's Indian Railway Budget.[4] Palakkad MEMU shed inaugurated on 1 January 2011.[5] The Kollam MEMU Shed was formally commissioned on 1 December 2013, five years after its completion.[6]
Routes
66601/66602 Erode -Coimbatore--Erode.
66603/66604 Coimbatore-Shoranur- Coimbatore.
66605/66606 Coimbatore-Palakkad town -Coimbatore .
66607/66608 Erode-Palakkad town-Erode.
66609/66610 Palakkad -Ernamkulam-Palakkad
66611/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/66620 -Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Podannur-Coimbatore.
See also
References
- ↑ More Memu sheds sought in Railway Budget
- ↑ "Passenger bodies from Kerala seek a better deal from Railway". The Hindum. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ↑ "Ernakulam-Thrissur MEMU service gets off the blocks". The Hindu. 23 March 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ↑ Rs.74-crore MEMU shed project awaits nod
- ↑ More Memu sheds sought in Railway Budget
- ↑ MEMU Maintenance Work Begins in Kollam Kollam MEMU Shed
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