Ollur railway station

Ollur ഒല്ലൂര്
Regional rail and Light rail station
Ollur railway station
Location	Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala,  India
Coordinates	10°28′26″N 76°14′13″E / 10.474°N 76.237°E / 10.474; 76.237Coordinates: 10°28′26″N 76°14′13″E / 10.474°N 76.237°E / 10.474; 76.237
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	June 2, 1902 (1902-06-02)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Traffic
Passengers	500

Ollur railway station (Station Code: OLR) 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.

Administration

Ollur railway station is operated by the Chennai-headquartered Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

History

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.^[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 and Southern Mahratta Railway, now Southern Railway.

Economy

The station is mainly used freight movement and handling. Cement wagons and rice are the main source of revenue for this station. 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 10 passenger trains stops at Ollur Railway Station.

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