Bhatkal railway station

Bhatkal
General information
Location	India
Coordinates	13.9894°N 74.5657°E / 13.9894; 74.5657
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Konkan Railway
Line(s)	Konkan Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code
Zone(s)	Konkan Railway
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1997 (1997)
Services
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Bhatkal railway station is a railway station in coastal Karnataka in South India. Its four-letter code is BTJL.

Facilities

This station has two platforms and four tracks. There is a single diesel broad gauge track. This is considered a 'regular' station. Bhatkal is one of the Major railway station in Konkan Railway. Some 32 trains halt on this station, though no trains originate or terminate at Bhatkal. The station is directly connected to Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Ajmer, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Okha, Mysuru, Belgaum, Goa, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kozhikode,Coimbotore. Station is having good amenities such as Passenger Reservation System(PRS), Fly over bridge connecting to platforms, Railway Protection Force(RPF), CCTV, Ethnic Food stall. Konkan Railway Academy(KRA) is situated here providing training to entire konkan railway employees.

Mookambika Road to Kasargod Daily Passenger Train No. 56666/56665 starts from Bhatkal Station.

Important Trains halts here are:

• Mangala lakshadweep Super Fast ( Ernakulam to H. Nizamuddin)
• Coimbotore to Bikaner AC Super Fast
• Mangaluru Junction to Mumbai CST
• Mathsyagandha Super Fast (Mangaluru to Kurla)
• Nethravathi Express ( Trivendrum to Lokamanya Tilak Terminus)
• Madgaon to Ernakulam Super Fast
• Kochuveli to Lokamanya Tilak Super Fast
• Karwar to Bengaluru City Express
• Marusagar Super Fast( Ernakulam to Ajmer)
• Mangaluru to Madgaon Intercity Super Fast
• Okha Express (Ernakulam to Ahmedabad)
• Poorna Express Via Belgaum ( Ernakulam to Pune)
• Karwar to Yeshwanthpur Express Via Arsikere
• Kasargod to Mookambika Road Passenger
• Mangaluru to Madagaon Passenger
• Madgaon to Mangaluru DEMU

Other stations

It falls under Karwar railway division of Konkan Railway zone, a subsidiary zone of Indian Railways. under the jurisdiction of Konkan Railway. Bhatkal has 3 stations viz Bhatkal, Chitrpur Halt, Murdeshwar

Location

It lies off the Kanyakumari-Panvel Road, in Bhatkal, PIN Code 581320. The Mangalore Bajpe Airport (Code: IXE) is 125 km away. The station is located at an elevation of 15 metres above sea level. It lies within the KR/Konkan Zone under the Karwar Division.