Meerut Cantt railway station
Meerut Cantt. railway station | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railways station Passenger Station | |||||||||||
 Meerut Cantt railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°00′59″N 77°41′13″E / 29.016323°N 77.686832°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 229 metres (751 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | MUT | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Delhi | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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  Meerut Cantt. railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||
Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Meerut Cantt (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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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]
Gallery[edit]
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Meerut Cantt railway station entrance -
Meerut Cantt railway station from outside -
Meerut Cantt platform 1 -
Meerut Cantt railway station inside view
References[edit]
- ^ "Meerut Cantonment Railway Station". Wikimapia. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Meerut–Saharanpur rail stretch goes electric". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "दिल्ली-सहारनपुर रेल लाइन होगी डबल". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b banerjee, Rahul. "MUT/Meerut Cantt. Station – 37 Train Departures NR/Northern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b STATION WORKING RULES OF MEERUT CANTT. "STATION WORKING RULES OF MEERUT CANTT" (PDF).
