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°E / 12.87; 74.87Coordinates: 12°52′N 74°52′E / 12.87°N 74.87°E / 12.87; 74.87
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]

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

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