Mangalore Central railway station

Mangalore Central ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಸೆಂಟ್ರಲ್
Regional rail and Light rail station
Location	Old Kent Road, Hampankatta, Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka India
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
Route map Legend 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 Kottikkulam 60 Bekal Fort Chithari River 69 Kanhangad 78 Nileshwar 83 Charvattur 88 Chandera 92 Trikkaripur 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 Vatakara Kuttiady River 178 Iringal 184 Payyoli 187 Tikkotti 191 Vellarakkad 197 Koyilandy 202 Chemancheri Akala puzha 209 Elathur 216 West Hill 219 Vellayil 221 Kozhikode to Shoranur Junction

Mangalore Central (Code:MAQ) is the main railway terminus in the city of Mangalore. It is one of the major railway stations in the Karnataka state.

Location

The other major railway station in the city being Mangalore Junction located in 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, Thiruvananthapuram (via Southern Railway), Mumbai (via Konkan Railways) and so forth.^[5][6]

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. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
4. http://www.irfca.org/~shankie/famoustrains/famtraingt.htm
5. "The Beginning". Konkan Railway Corporation Limited. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
6. "Southern Railway to operate special trains". The Hindu. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

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