Mangalore Central railway station

Mangaluru Central Mangalore Central
Regional rail and Light rail station
General information
Location	Old Kent Road, Hampankatta, Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka India
Coordinates	12.8634°N 74.8433°E / 12.8634; 74.8433
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Platforms	4
Tracks	14
Connections	Bus stand, Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MAQ
Zone(s)	SRTooltip Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	PalakkadTooltip Palakkad railway division
History
Opened	1907 (1907)
Electrified	Yes
Services
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Route map km to Konkan Railway to Mangalore–Hassan–Mysore line 4 Padil Bypass Cabin 2 Mangalore Junction 0 Mangalore Central 2 Bunder Goods Shed 3 Nethravathi Netravati River 5 Tokkottu Ullal overpass 7 Ullal Talapady Rivulet Karnataka Kerala Border 17 Manjeshwar Manjeswaram River 24 Uppala Shiriya River Kumbla River 34 Kumbla Mogral River Nellikunnu overpass Thayalangadi overpass 46 Kasaragod Chandragiri River 49 Kalanad Chembirika Tunnel Kalanad River SH 57 55 Kotikulam Bekal River Pallikere overpass SH 57 60 Bekal Fort Chithari River 69 Kanhangad NH 66 Kariangode River Nileshwaram overpass 78 Nileshwar NH 66 Karyangod River 83 Cheruvathur Cheruvathur overpass Padne Road 88 Chandera 92 Thrikaripur Kavvayi River Payyanur overpass 98 Payyanur Perumba River 101 Ezhimala 110 Pazhayangadi Payangadi underpass Kuppam River Thavam overpass 117 Kannapuram Irinave River 123 Pappinisseri Pappinisseri overpass Valapattanam River Valapattanam underpass 125 Valapattanam Alavil-Valapattanam Road 127 Chirakkal Manjapalam underpass 132 Kannur Thavakkara underpass 135 Kannur South Kanaam River 144 Etakkot NH 66 Anjarakandi River 148 Dharmadam Dharmadam overpass Ummanchira River Kuyyali River 152 Thalassery SH 30 Kodiyeri Road 155 Jaganath Temple Gate Kerala Puducherry Mahé River 162 Mahe Puducherry Kerala Chombala overpass 165 Mukkali 169 Nadapuram Road Kainatty overpass NH 66 Thazhe Angadi Road 174 Vatakara Kuttiady River 178 Iringal 184 Payyoli 187 Tikkotti NH 66 191 Vellarakkad 197 Quilandi SH 34 NH 66 202 Chemancheri Vengalam overpass Akalapuzha River 209 Elattur Vengali overpass 216 West Hill 219 Vellayil Vellayil overpass CH overpass Old Railway overpass 221 Kozhikode to Shoranur Junction Sources
Location Mangalore Central Location within India Mangalore Central Mangalore Central (Karnataka)

Mangalore Central (officially Mangaluru Central) (Station code: MAQ) is the main railway terminus in the city of Mangalore. It is one of the major railway stations in the Karnataka state. And it is the third biggest Railway junction in the Coast after Thiruvananthapuram Central under Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways And this is the railway station which is in coast under Palakkad railway division. And from this city there is a railway station named Thokur railway station which is under Karwar railway division of Konkan Railway, and from this Mangalore Central the Southern Railway is providing connectivity for Konkan Railway of the Indian Railways.

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.

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 and passenger traffic in December 2007. 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. 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.

Services

Trains from here connect the city to prominent state capitals of India like Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram (via Southern Railway), Mumbai, Delhi, Ajmer, Ahmedabad (via Konkan Railways) and so forth.

External links

• Mangalore Central railway station at the India Rail Info