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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).
As of 2007, a daily train crosses the rack section, which starts from Mettupalayam at 07:10 and reaches Udhagamandalam at noon. The return train starts from Udhagamandalam at 14:00, and reaches at 17:35. The train is scheduled to connect to the Nilgiri Express, which travels from Mettupalayam to Chennai via Coimbatore. A summer special service ...
It was started as a halt station for the Coimbatore–Mettupalayam branch line. [6] Until 1956, the Coimbatore Railway Division was functioning with Podanur as the headquarters before the headquarters was shifted to Olavakkode which became Palakkad railway division. [7] The station became part of the newly formed Salem railway division in 2006. [8]
Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway in Nilgiris district, connecting Udagamandalam and Mettupalayam. The Nilgiri Railway Company was formed in 1885, and the Mettupalayam-Coonoor section of the track was opened for traffic on 15 June 1899.
There is a daily overnight service in both directions. Train number 12671 runs from Chennai Central to Mettupalayam, while train number 12672 runs from Mettupalayam to Chennai Central. This train is maintained at Basin Bridge Junction Railway Yard, Chennai. [2]
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 .
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 .
Black Thunder (chocolate bar), a brand of chocolate cookie bar sold in Japan; Black Thunder (theme park), a theme park near Coimbatore, India; Operation Black Thunder, a military operation in India in the 1980s; Black Thunder Coal Mine, a coal mine in Wyoming; Black Thunder, a novel by Arna Wendell Bontemps