- Ollur Railway Station
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Ollur Railway Station
Indian Railway Station
Entrance of Ollur Railway StationStation statistics Address Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala Lines Shoranur-Cochin Harbour section Platforms 1 Tracks 4 Parking Available Bicycle facilities Not Available Baggage check Not Available Other information Opened June 2, 1902 Electrified Yes Code OLR Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways Fare zone Southern Railway Zone (India) Formerly Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Services Waiting Room and Refreshment Ollur Railway Station falls between Thrissur Railway Station and Pudukad Railway station in the Shoranur-Cochin Harbour section. It lies in the busy Shoranur-Cochin Harbour section of Trivandrum division. Ollur Railway Station is operated by the Chennai-headquartered Southern Railways of the Indian Railways. The station is mainly used freight movement and handling. Cement wagons and rice are the main source of revenue for this station.
History
Ollur Railway Station traces its history to 1902, when Shoranur-Cochin railway line was built during the rule of Sir Sri Rama Varma of Cochin Royal family. Britishers bought the land and the house of Moyalan Varghees for Rs 50 to construct the Ollur railway station.[1]Cochin-ShoranurRailway line was built by the Cochin Royal Family and was opened to public in 1902. On the initial years only one was railway line was there. In the year 1934, it was converted to Broad Gauge from Metre Gauge. The line at that time was constructed and maintained by erstwhile Madras Railway Company, now Southern Railway.
In earlier days, the station was used to send tiles and wooden packing boxes to different parts of India. Later cement bags replaced as the preferred goods. Now, at least 500 wagons of cement bags are coming to this station monthly for the consumption of Central Kerala. Ollur Railway Station has given big contributions to the growth of Thrissur District and Central Kerala. Now, this railway line in the Central part of Kerala is considered as one of the busiest railway route in Kerala and handles very high traffic intensity including passenger and goods.
Only six passenger trains stops at Ollur Railway Station. They are Guruvayur - Ernakulam Junction Passenger, Ernakulam Junction-Guruvayur Passenger, Guruvayur-Ernakulam Junction Passenger, Ernakulam Junction-Guruvayur Passenger, Shoranur-Ernakulam Junction Passenger and Ernakulam Junction-Shoranur Passenger. Shoranur-Ernakulam Junction Passenger runs between Ernakulam Junction and Shoranur Junction. The train operates daily except on Sundays and covers a distance of 113 km. Second class seating coaches are available. Guruvayur - Ernakulam Junction Passenger runs between Ernakulam Junction and Guruvayur Railway Station.
Passenger trains from Ollur Railway Station
Train Number Train Name From Arrival Departure 301SR Guruvayur - Ernakulam Junction Passenger Guruvayur 07:24 07:25 302SR Ernakulam Junction - Guruvayur Passenger Ernakulam Junction 07:33 07:34 305SR Guruvayur - Ernakulam Junction Passenger Guruvayur 14:04 14:06 306SR Ernakulam Junction - Guruvayur Passenger Ernakulam Junction 21:48 21:50 647SR Shoranur - Ernakulam Junction Passenger Shoranur 05:52 05:54 648SR Ernakulam Junction - Shoranur Passenger Ernakulam Junction 09:14 09:15 References
- ^ "Ollur railway station". Thrissur Corporation. http://www.corporationofthrissur.org/pages/Maintemp.asp?id=3&val=2:2. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
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