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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.[1] 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.[2]
Lovedale | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | India | ||||
| Coordinates | 11°22′58″N 76°42′17″E / 11.3829°N 76.7047°E | ||||
| Elevation | 2,211 metres (7,254 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Line(s) | Nilgiri Mountain Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||
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| Station code | LOV | ||||
| Fare zone | Indian Railways | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1908 | ||||
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Notes
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. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Indiarailinfo - LOV". Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
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