Mangalore Central railway station

Mangaluru Central railway station, formerly Mangalore Central railway station (Station code: MAQ) is the main railway terminus in the city of Mangalore. It is one of the major railway stations in Karnataka state and it is the biggest terminal station under Palakkad railway division. There is also another railway station named Mangalore Junction railway station, previously known as Kankanady railway station. The Mangalore region provides the highest freight revenue to the Palakkad division, which sums up to 90 percent of the total revenue which the Palakkad division generates. Mangalore Central comes under the Southern Railway and also provides connectivity for Konkan Railway and South Western Railway of the Indian Railways. It is one of the 5 central railway stations of India.

Mangaluru Central

Mangalore Central
Indian Railways station
General information
Other namesKudla Central
LocationOld Kent Road, Hampankatta, Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
India
Coordinates12.8634°N 74.8433°E / 12.8634; 74.8433
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouthern Railway zone
Platforms5 (3 + 2 under construction)
Tracks14
ConnectionsBus stand, Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeMAQ
Zone(s) SR
Division(s) Palakkad
History
Opened1907 (1907)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Mangalore Junction
towards ?
Southern Railway zone Terminus
Terminus Nethravathi
towards ?
Location
Mangaluru Central is located in India
Mangaluru Central
Mangaluru Central
Location within India
Mangaluru Central is located in Karnataka
Mangaluru Central
Mangaluru Central
Mangaluru Central (Karnataka)
Interactive map

Location

Mangalore Central railway station is located at Old Kent road, Hampankatta. The other major railway station in the city, Mangalore Junction located at Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangalore 575007.[1]

Background

Rail connectivity in Mangalore was established in 1907. A metre-gauge railway track, built through the Western Ghats, connected Mangalore with Hassan. The metre-gauge track was converted to a broad-gauge track connecting Mangalore to Bangalore via Hassan. The re-gauged track was opened to freight traffic in May 2006[2] and passenger traffic in December 2007.[3] The track network in the Mangalore area is based on a triangular pattern, with Mangalore Central, Mangalore Junction and the Netravati River railway bridge at the vertices of the triangle.

Historic plaque at Mangalore Railway Station, showing the distance to Madras, now Chennai.

A railway siding leads from Mangalore Central to the historic old Railway Goods-Shed in the old Port, Bunder area of Mangalore city. For a year 1929–1930 the longest running train in undivided India originated from Mangalore Central. This was the Grand Trunk Express from Mangalore to Peshawar. The train covered the distance from Mangalore to Peshawar on the Khyber Pass in 104 hours. After 1930 the route of the Grand Trunk Express was curtailed and the train originated from Mettupalayam, Coimbatore.[4]

Services

Trains from here connect the city to prominent state capitals of India like Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram (via Southern Railway), Mumbai, Thane, Delhi, Ajmer, Ahmedabad (via Konkan Railways) and so forth. It is also well connected with Mysore, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Madgoan (Goa), Karwar, Byndur Mookambika road, Udupi, Kannur, Ernakulam and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)railway stations.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Name changed". The Hindu. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  2. "Mangalore -Hassan rail line open for freight traffic". The Hindu Business Line. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2006.
  3. "Bangalore–Mangalore train service from December 8". The Hindu. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "By". Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. "The Beginning". Konkan Railway Corporation Limited. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  6. "Southern Railway to operate special trains". The Hindu. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
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