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Black Thunder Theme Park (P) Ltd is a theme park in Tamil Nadu, India.It is located on the National Highway (Mettupalayam-Ooty) on the foothills of Nilgiris. [1] It is situated in Coimbatore city, 40 km north of the city and occupies an area of about 60 acres (24 ha).
Mettupalayam is situated at the base of Nilgiri Hills and hence is the starting point for the Ghat Roads. MEMU express special trains are operated between Coimbatore Junction and Mettupalayam daily. Coimbatore is 35 km by road from Mettupalayam, and the nearest airport is Coimbatore International Airport .
The National Highways Authority of India is conducting studies for a bypass along the Mettupalayam–Sulur National Highways 81 and 181 (formerly National Highway 67). The proposed length of this road is 53.95 kilometres (33.52 mi), and is expected to cost ₹ 6.01 billion to build. [ 29 ]
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam , is a great tourist attraction. [34] It was filmed in A Passage to India , representing the railway to the caves. It is a Swiss-designed rack railway .
Mettupalayam Road, is a major arterial road in city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. [1] This NH runs for about 10 kilometers starting exactly from Rangai Gownder street up to the northern Thudiyalur within the corporation limits.Beyond that the road continues northwards for a distance of 26 kilometres till Mettupalayam .
The Saibaba Temple is located there, and the name of the area is derived from the temple. The locality is mostly occupied by upper-middle-class people living in Coimbatore. One side is bordered by Thadagam road and the other side by Mettupalayam Road. NSR road in Sai Baba colony is fully occupied by commercial centers. [1]
Mettupalayam railway station (station code: MTP [3]) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. [4] It is a railway station located in Mettupalayam , a suburb of Coimbatore district in the Indian state Tamil Nadu .
The Coimbatore–Mettupalayam dual gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad-gauge, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge [1] line was opened to traffic in 1873. The Coimbatore–Mettupalayam section was converted to complete broad gauge in 1907.