Bhatkal railway station

Bhatkal
Location	India
Coordinates	13°59′22″N 74°33′57″E / 13.9894°N 74.5657°ECoordinates: 13°59′22″N 74°33′57″E / 13.9894°N 74.5657°E
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Konkan Railway
Line(s)	Konkan Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code
Zone(s)	Konkan Railway
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1997
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Chitrapur Konkan Railway Konkan Railway Shiroor junction
Route map Legend km to Panvel (CSTM) 0 Roha (RN) 13 Kolad 24 Indapur 30 Mangaon 41 Goregaon Road 47 Veer 55 Sape Wamane 63 Karanjadi 71 Vinhere Natuwadi Tunnel (4 km) 81 Diwankhavati 98 Khed 112 Anjani 128 Chiplun Chiplun Tunnel (2 km) 138 Kamathe Savarde Tunnel (3 km) 147 Sawarda Shastri Bridge Parchuri Tunnel (3 km) 150 Aravali Gad Bridge 171 Sangameshwar 184 Ukshi Karbude Tunnel (6 km) 197 Bhoke 203 Ratnagiri Panval Nadi Viaduct Tike Tunnel (4 km) 219 Nivasar 235 Adavali Berdewadi Tunnel (4 km) 250 Vilavade 267 Rajapur Road 284 Vaibhavwadi Road 299 Nandgaon Road 314 Kankavali 333 Sindhudurg 343 Kudal 353 Zarap 364 Sawantwadi Road 371 Madure Maharashtra state / RN limits Goa state / KAWR limits Pernem Tunnel (1 km) 382 Pernem 393 Thivim Mandovi Bridge 411 Karmali Zuari Bridge 427 Verna to Vasco da Gama 432 Majorda Junction 435 Suravali 438 Madgaon Junction to Londa Junction 456 Balli Barcem Tunnel (3 km) 472 Canacona 482 Loliem Goa state Karnataka state 492 Asnoti Kalinadi Bridge 500 Karwar Karwar Tunnel (3 km) 513 Harwada 528 Ankol 526 Gokarna Road 555 Kumta 568 Honnavar Sharavati Bridge 586 Manki 595 Murudeshwara 603 Chitrapur 609 Bhatkal 617 Shiroor 625 Byndoor Mookambika Road 631 Bijoor 644 Senapura 658 Kundapura 674 Barkur 690 Udupi 700 Innanje 706 Padubidri 715 Nandikoor 723 Mulki 732 Surathkal 736 Thokur (KAWR) Gurupura River to Hassan Junction (MYS) to Mangalore Junction (PGT)

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:^[1]

• 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.^[2] 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.

References

1. Bhatkal station Time Table
2. Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (10 June 2016). Monsoon Time Table (2016 ed.). Belapur, Maharashtra: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 10 August 2016.