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Lovedale railway station

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Railway station in Tamil Nadu, India
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Lovedale
Light rail
General information
LocationIndia
Coordinates11°22′58″N 76°42′17″E / 11.3829°N 76.7047°E / 11.3829; 76.7047
Elevation2,211 metres (7,254 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Line(s)Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Platforms2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeLOV
Fare zoneIndian Railways
History
Opened1908; 117 years ago (1908)
Location
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Lovedale railway station (station code: LOV) is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving Lovedale, a town located south of Udhagamandalam (Ooty), in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. A notable tourist attraction, it is one of the stations of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, built in 1907, and is a UNESCO declared World Heritage Site. It is one of the halts for the historic Ooty passenger. It is maintained and administered by the Southern Railway zone and comes under the Salem railway division. The station code is: LOV.

Notes

  1. "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. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. "Indiarailinfo - LOV". Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2014.


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