Mangalore Junction railway station

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Mangaluru Junction


Mangalore Junction
Indian Railways station
Mangalore Junction Railway Station 100.jpg
Mangalore junction in 2014
General information
Other namesKudla Junction
LocationDarbar Hill, Padil, Mangaluru, 575007, Karnataka
India
Coordinates12°52′N 74°52′E / 12.87°N 74.87°E / 12.87; 74.87Coordinates: 12°52′N 74°52′E / 12.87°N 74.87°E / 12.87; 74.87
Elevation24 m (79 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railways
Line(s)Mangaluru Junction-Shoranur Junction
Mangaluru Junction-Mangalore Central
Mangaluru Junction-Hassan Junction
Mangaluru Junction-Madgaon Junction
Platforms3
Tracks7
Construction
Structure typeAt Grade
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeMAJN [1]
Zone(s) Southern Railway zone
Division(s) Palakkad
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways Following station
Thokur
towards ?
Southern Railway zone Nethravathi
towards ?
Padil
towards ?
Mangaluru Central
towards ?
Location
Mangaluru Junction is located in Karnataka
Mangaluru Junction
Mangaluru Junction
Location within Karnataka

Mangaluru Junction railway, formerly Mangalore Junction railway station (station code: MAJN) is a gateway to the port city of Mangaluru located at Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangaluru, 575007, coming under the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway. The station is a junction interconnecting Mangalore Central railway station with Kerala in the south, Maharashtra/Goa and Mangalore Sea Port in the north and BengaluruChennai in the east. It is the busiest railway junction in the area, as all north- and southbound trains touch Mangalore through this station.

It was formerly called Kankanadi railway station when the city railway station was simply called Mangalore railway station. Later both were renamed as Mangalore Junction and Mangalore Central respectively to avoid confusion.

This is the first station in the Southern Railway zone after the Konkan Railway zone which ends at Thokur, the previous station up north. The railways wish to develop Mangalore Junction to a world-class station on the 60 acres of land, owned by the railways, that adjoins the station.[2]

Service

The railway station has the daily connectivity to important cities of India like – Mumbai, Kochi, New Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram .

Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express connect with Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in New Delhi along with other trains like Mangala Lakshadweep Express, Kerala Sampark Kranti Express.

Other trains include Tirunelveli–Gandhidham Humsafar Express, Marusagar Express, Kochuveli-Shri Ganganagar Junction Express, Jabalpur-Coimbatore Superfast Express, Kochuveli–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express, Netravati Express, Matsyagandha Express

Location

The nearest major transport hubs:

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/Station_code.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Mangalore Junction to be a world class station". The Hindu. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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