Palakkad MEMU Shed

Palakkad MEMU Car Shed

MEMU
Location
Location	Palakkad Junction railway station, India
Coordinates	10°48′09″N76°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	SRR Tooltip Shoranur Junction–CAN Tooltip Kannur railway station175.3 km PGTN Tooltip Palakkad Town railway station–ED Tooltip Erode Junction160.4 km SRR Tooltip Shoranur Junction–CBE Tooltip Coimbatore Junction155.6 km PGT Tooltip Palakkad Junction–ERS Tooltip Ernakulam Junction149.4 km PGTN Tooltip Palakkad Town railway station–CBE Tooltip 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]}

History

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

• Palakkad
• Palakkad Junction railway station
• Palakkad Town railway station
• Palakkad district
• Jolarpettai–Shoranur line
• Shoranur–Mangalore line

References

1. More Memu sheds sought in Railway Budget
2. "Passenger bodies from Kerala seek a better deal from Railway". The Hindum. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
3. "Ernakulam-Thrissur MEMU service gets off the blocks". The Hindu. 23 March 2013. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 27 January 2025.
4. Rs.74-crore MEMU shed project awaits nod
5. More Memu sheds sought in Railway Budget
6. MEMU Maintenance Work Begins in Kollam Kollam MEMU Shed