Ooty bus stand

Ooty Bus Stand, also known as Udhagamandalam Central Bus Stand is a bus station located in the town of Ooty. It serves as main bus stand for The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, apart from bus stands in Coonoor, Kotagiri and Gudalur.

Udhagamandalam Central Bus Stand
Bus station
General information
LocationKathadimattam, Ooty
Tamil Nadu
India
Coordinates11.4035°N 76.6963°E / 11.4035; 76.6963
Elevation2,210 metres (7,250 ft)
Owned byGovernment of Tamil Nadu
Operated byTNSTC Coimbatore
Platforms10
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeOTY
Fare zoneTamil Nadu
History
ClosedN/A

Location
Ooty bus stand

It is located near the Udhagamandalam railway station.[1] The land on which the bus stand stands on now was originally occupied by the Ooty lake, which was later reclaimed to build the bus stand.[2]

Services

The bus stand having about 10 platforms serves nearby towns of the district. The major operators from the bus stand are state–run TNSTC (Coimbatore, Kumbakonam, Tirupur, Erode and Salem),[3] SETC (Trichy, Kanyakumari, Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai),[4][5] Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mercara and Hassan)[6][7][8] and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (Sulthan Bathery, Kannur and Malappuram).[9] To deposit luggage cloak room facility available in bus stand, 10 Rs per bag 8 hrs. No private operators were allowed to ply within the district.[10]

Depots

This bus stand also has TNSTC-OOTY Regional office & OOTY-1,OOTY-2 depots of TNSTC.

See also

References
  1. "TOURIST SPOTS - OOTY". Incredible Tamilnadu. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. "Places to stay in Nilgiri Hills". upasikvk.org. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. R Haldorai (16 May 2012). "Now, tour the queen of hills for just Rs 90". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. R. Y. Narayanan (7 May 2002). "Reaching Ooty – an uphill task". Business Line. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. D. Radhakrishnan (26 June 2006). "Town bus stand in Udhagamandalam waiting for a facelift". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. "Bus service to Ooty". The Hindu. 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. "Services to Ooty from Bengaluru" (PDF). Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  8. "Fly-bus to connect BIA to Mysore". The Times of India. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  9. "Demand to resume KSRTC service to Ooty". The Hindu. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  10. "No pvt bus service in Ooty: Nehru". The New Indian Express. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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