Mangalore Junction railway station

Mangalore Junction ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಜಂಕ್ಷನ್ मंगलौर जंक्शन
Indian Railway Station
Location	Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangalore, 575007, Karnataka, India[1]  India
Coordinates	12°52′N 74°52′E / 12.87°N 74.87°ECoordinates: 12°52′N 74°52′E / 12.87°N 74.87°E
Elevation	24m above MSL
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Mangalore Junction-Ernakulam Junction, Mangalore Junction-Mangalore Central, Mangalore Junction-Bangalore City, Mangalore Junction-Madgaon
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Parking	Available(Paid)
Other information
Station code	MAJN[2]
Fare zone	Southern Railways

Mangalore Junction railway station is a gateway to the port city of Mangalore located at Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangalore, 575007, coming under the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway.^[3] 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 Bangalore-Chennai 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. Most trains stop here (scheduled and unscheduled stops) for change of TTEs and crew and other tasks like water refilling. Historically Mangalore was a terminus station, with trains terminating at the old Mangalore Central station. With Mangalore now connected to the North of India via the Konkan Railway and east to Bangalore via Hassan on the South Western Railway, Mangalore has become a transit point for trains originating from North India and points east, Mysore and Bangalore and with final destinations in Kerala. Those trains which do not terminate at Mangalore city, halt at Mangalore Junction station on their onward journey. The track network in the Mangalore area has been laid out in a triangular pattern, with Mangalore Junction, Mangalore Central and the Netravati River Railway Bridge at the vertices of the triangle. This precludes trains transiting through Mangalore from using the Mangalore Central railway station. Since the number of trains transiting through Mangalore is more than train traffic that terminates at Mangalore, Mangalore Junction sees higher train traffic than its counterpart the Mangalore Central station, which still retains its role as a terminus for almost every train terminating or originating from the city of Mangalore.

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. ^[4]

Location

The nearest major transport hubs:^[5]

• Nearest Airport: Mangalore International Airport (11 km)
• Nearest Sea Port: New Mangalore Port (14 km)
• Nearest Bus Stations: Hampankatta (6 km) and Lalbagh, Mangalore (8 km)
• Distance from Mangalore Central railway station is 6 km

Trains passing through Mangalore Junction

List of SF Express/Express/Mail/Passenger Trains^[6]

No.	Train No:	Origin	Destination	Train Name
1.	12617/12618	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Mangala Lakshadweep Express
2.	12217/12218	Chandigarh Junction	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
3.	12483/12484	Amritsar Junction	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Amritsar Kochuveli SF Express
4.	10215/10216	Madgaon Junction	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Madgaon-Ernakulam Weekly SF Express
5.	12287/12288	Dehradun	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Dehradun-Kochuveli Weekly SF Express
6.	19261/19262	Porbandar	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Porbandar Kochuveli Weekly Express
7.	12223/12224	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Mumbai LTT	Duronto Express
8.	16345/16346	Mumbai LTT	Trivandrum Central	Netravati Express
9.	19259/19260	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Bhavnagar Terminus	Kochuveli Bhavnagar Express
10.	16311/16312	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Bikaner Junction	Kochuveli Bikaner Express
11.	16333/16334	Trivandrum Central	Veraval	Trivandrum Veraval Express
12.	16335/16336	Nagercoil Junction	Gandhidham Junction	Nagercoil Gandhidham Express
13.	12977/12978	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Ajmer Junction	Marusagar Express
14.	16337/16338	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Okha	Ernakulam Okha Express
15.	12431	Trivandrum Central	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Trivandrum Rajdhani Express
16.	01067/01068	Tirunelveli Junction	Mumbai LTT	Mail
17.	19577/19578	Hapa	Tirunelveli	Mail
18.	56642/56643/56644	Mangalore Central	Kabakaputtur	Passenger
19.	56640/56641	Mangalore Central	Madgaon Junction	Passenger
20.	12283/12284	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Duronto Express
21.	01065/01066	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Mumbai CST	Mail
22.	11097/11098	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Pune Junction	Poorna Express
23.	16517/16518	Yesvantpur Junction	Kannur Main	Yesvantpur Kannur Express
24.	16523/16516/16524	Yesvantpur Junction	Karwar	Yesvantpur Karwar Link Express
25.	04093/04094	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Winter Special Express
26.	12201/12202	Mumbai LTT	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Garib Rath Express
27.	56646/56647	Mangalore Central	Subrahmanya Road	Passenger
28.	22149/22150	Pune (via Panvel)	Ernakulam Junction (South)	Pune Ernakulam Express
29.	06303	Mangalore Junction	Trivandrum Kochuveli	Sabarimala Special Express
30.	22629/22630	Mumbai Dadar (T)	Tirunelveli Junction	Mumbai Dadar Tirunelveli Express
31.	12134	Mangalore Junction	Mumbai CST	Mumbai Mangalore Express
32.	22475/22476	Bikaner Junction	Coimbatore Main Junction	Bikaner Coimbatore Express
33.	09419	Mangalore Junction	Ahmedabad Junction	Mangalore Ahmedabad Express
34.	70106	Mangalore Central	Bhatkal	DEMU

References

1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mangalore+Junction/@12.866056,74.880134,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3ba35978b756e947:0x4aeeb68ff45357b3
2. http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/Station_code.pdf
3. http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/mangalore-junction-majn/2931
4. "Mangalore Junction to be a world class station". "The Hindu". 17 September 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
5. https://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
6. http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/2931

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