Palakkad MEMU Shed

{{Infobox railway depot

| name = Palakkad MEMU Car Shed

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| image = MEMU passing.jpg

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| caption = MEMU

| location = Palakkad Junction railway station, India

| coordinates = {{Coord|10.8025579|76.6448605|type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| owner = Indian Railways

| operator = Southern Railway zone

| depotcode = MEMU PGT

| type = Mainline Electric multiple unit

| opened = {{Start date and age|2011|01|01|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

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| rollingstock = MEMU

| routes = {{abbrlink|SRR|Shoranur Junction}}–{{abbrlink|CAN|Kannur railway station}}175.3 km
{{abbrlink|PGTN|Palakkad Town railway station}}–{{abbrlink|ED|Erode Junction}}160.4 km
{{abbrlink|SRR|Shoranur Junction}}–{{abbrlink|CBE|Coimbatore Junction}}155.6 km
{{abbrlink|PGT|Palakkad Junction}}–{{abbrlink|ERS|Ernakulam Junction}}149.4 km
{{abbrlink|PGTN|Palakkad Town railway station}}–{{abbrlink|CBE|Coimbatore Junction}}58 km

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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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140521190910/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1477726.ece More Memu sheds sought in Railway Budget] 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/passenger-bodies-from-kerala-seek-a-better-deal-from-railway/article67867464.ece |title=Passenger bodies from Kerala seek a better deal from Railway |website=The Hindum |date=2024-02-20 |access-date=2025-01-27}}{{Cite news |date=2013-03-23 |title=Ernakulam-Thrissur MEMU service gets off the blocks |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/ernakulamthrissur-memu-service-gets-off-the-blocks/article4542320.ece |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

History

Railway proposed MEMU Car sheds in Palakkad and Kollam in 2008's Indian Railway Budget.[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rs74crore-memu-shed-project-awaits-nod/article5459991.ece Rs.74-crore MEMU shed project awaits nod] Palakkad MEMU shed inaugurated on 1 January 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140521190910/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1477726.ece More Memu sheds sought in Railway Budget] The Kollam MEMU Shed was formally commissioned on 1 December 2013, five years after its completion.MEMU Maintenance Work Begins in Kollam [https://web.archive.org/web/20140320120836/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/MEMU-Maintenance-Work-Begins-in-Kollam/2013/12/02/article1923204.ece#.UyqylNLHm-0 Kollam MEMU Shed]

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

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