Mangalore Central railway station

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 Karnataka state and it is the biggest railway junction under Palakkad railway division. There is also another railway station named Mangalore Junction railway station previously known as Kankanady railway station. Mangalore Central comes under the Southern Railway and is also providing 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
Regional rail and Light rail station
Location	Old Kent Road, Hampankatta, Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka India
Coordinates	12.8634°N 74.8433°E
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
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MAQ
Zone(s)	SR
Division(s)	Palakkad
History
Opened	1907
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Mangaluru Junction Southern Railway Shoranur–Mangalore section Terminus Terminus Southern Railway Shoranur–Mangalore section Nethravathi
Route map km 2 0 Bunder goods shed 0 0 Mangalore Central to Madgaon Junction (KR) to Hassan Junction 0 5 Mangalore Junction 3 Nethravathi Netravati River 5 Tokkottu 7 Ullal Karnataka Kerala 17 Manjeshwar 24 Uppala Shiriya River 34 Kumbala Mogral River 46 Kasaragod Chandragiri River 49 Kalanad Kalanad River 55 Kotikulam 60 Bekal Fort Chithari River 69 Kanhangad 78 Nileshwar 83 Charvattur 88 Chandera 92 Thrikaripur 98 Payyanur Perumba River 101 Ezhimala 110 Payangadi Kuppam River 117 Kannapuram 123 Pappinisseri Valapattanam River 125 Valapattanam 127 Chirakkal 132 Kannur 135 Kannur South 144 Edakkad Anjarakandy River 148 Dharmadam 152 Thalassery 155 Jaganath Temple Gate Mahé River 162 Mahe 165 Mukkali 169 Nadapuram Road 174 Vadakara Kuttiady River 178 Iringal 184 Payyoli 187 Tikkotti 191 Vellarakkad 197 Koyilandy 202 Chemancheri Akalapuzha River 209 Elathur 216 West Hill 219 Vellayil 221 Kozhikode to Shoranur Junction
Location
Mangalore Central Location within India Mangalore Central Mangalore Central (Karnataka)

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. 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.[5][6]

See also

• Surathkal railway station
• Thokur railway station
• Mangalore Mail

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.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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.

External links

• Mangalore Central railway station at the India Rail Info