Ollur | |||||||||||
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Regional rail and Light rail station | |||||||||||
Ollur railway station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 10°28′26″N 76°14′13″E / 10.474°N 76.237°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard on-ground station | ||||||||||
Depth | 43 feet | ||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Not Available | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | OLR | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Southern Railway zone | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 2 June 1902 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
500 | |||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Ollur railway station (station code: OLR) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1] It falls between Thrissur railway station and Pudukad railway station in the busy Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section of Trivandrum railway division.
History
[edit]Ollur railway station traces its history to 1902, when Shoranur–Cochin railway line was built during the rule of Rama Varma XV of Cochin Royal Family. Britishers bought the land and the house of Moyalan Varghees for Rs.50 to construct the Ollur railway station.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIST OF STATIONS AS ON 01.04.2023 (CATEGORY- WISE)" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 1 April 2023. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Ollur railway station". Thrissur Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2010.