Meerut Cantt railway station

Meerut Cantt.
मेरठ छावनी
Indian Railway Station
Passenger Station
Location Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
 India
Coordinates 29°00′59″N 77°41′13″E / 29.016323°N 77.686832°E / 29.016323; 77.686832Coordinates: 29°00′59″N 77°41′13″E / 29.016323°N 77.686832°E / 29.016323; 77.686832
Elevation 229 metres (751 ft)
Owned by Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways
Platforms 3 ,Tracks 8
Construction
Parking Available
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code MUT
Zone(s) Northern Railway
Division(s) Delhi
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line
Pabli Khas
Location
Meerut Cantt. railway station
Location in Uttar Pradesh

Meerut Cantt. (Hindi: मेरठ छावनी) (Urdu: میرٹھ چھاؤنی) (code: MUT), is a railway station in the city of Meerut. It lies on Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur line in Delhi division of Northern Railway zone of India .

History

The railway line between Old Delhi and Meerut was constructed in 1864. This station was established by British India government around 1865 after the sepoy mutiny of 1857.[1] It lies on the Delhi to Haridwar/Dehradun line.

Lines and Routes

It lies on Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur line that connects Delhi, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur. Delhi to Meerut City is double-line and electrified while Meerut-Saharanpur section is single-electrified line.[2] Doubling of Meerut-Saharanpur section is on full swing.[3]

Trains

A total of 35 trains halt at Meerut Cantt railway station.[4] 1 train, Meerut Cantt-New Delhi-Rewari passenger(MNR) originate from Meerut Cantt.[4]

Meerut City, a major railway station, is located 4 km South.

Infrastructure

The station was primarily built to facilitate army movement by rail by British India Government. It has dedicated infrastructure(siding and platform) for same.[5] The station premises also has a butt welding plant with a dedicated siding that welds small segment of rails into continuous rails.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Meerut Cantonment Railway Station - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  2. ↑ "Meerut-Saharanpur rail stretch goes electric - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. ↑ "दिल्ली-सहारनपुर रेल लाइन होगी डबल - Amarujala". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. 1 2 banerjee, Rahul. "MUT/Meerut Cantt. Station - 37 Train Departures NR/Northern Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. 1 2 STATION WORKING RULES OF MEERUT CANTT. "STATION WORKING RULES OF MEERUT CANTT" (PDF).
Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line
181 Saharanpur Junction
on Moradabad-Ambala line
174 Tapri
to Delhi-Shamli-Saharanpur line
164 Nangal
156 Talheri Buzurg
147 Deoband
135 Rohana Kalan
State Highway 59
128 Bamanheri
123 Muzaffarnagar
State Highway 58
118 Jaraudanara
110 Mansurpur
Miranpur-Khatauli Road
101 Khatauli
State Highway 58
91 Shakoti Tanda
83 Daurala
76 Pabli Khas
Meerut Bypass Road
NH 58
72 Meerut Cantt
67 / 0 Meerut City
9 Nurnagar
11 Chandsara
18 Kharkhauda
23 Kalli
Hapur Road
to Delhi –Moradabad line
30 Hapur Junction
to Delhi –Moradabad line
39 Hafizpur
49 Gulaothi
54 Chhaprawat
59 Baral
68 Numaishgarh (halt)
71 Bulandshahr
78 Maman
NH 91
87 Khurja City
Khurja Junction
in Kanpur-Delhi section
61 Partapur
State Highway 119
56 Mohiuddinpur
48 Modinagar
Upper Ganga Canal
38 Muradnagar
33 Duhai (Halt)
30 Guldhar
26 New Ghaziabad
to Delhi-Kalka line
to Delhi-Shamli-Saharanpur line
to Delhi-Fazilka line
0 Delhi Junction
6 Delhi Shahdara]
9 Vivek Vihar
Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border
13 Sahibabad Junction
20 Ghaziabad
23 New Delhi
24 Shivaji Bridge
26 Tilak Bridge
Chander Nagar
28 Pragati Maidan
Anand Vihar Terminal
30 Hazrat Nizamuddin
NH2
to Delhi-Moradabad line
to Agra Chord
to Kanpur-Delhi section

Source: Google maps
54505 Delhi-Ambala Passenger
54402 Meerut-Khurja Passenger

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