Surathkal railway station

12°59′25″N 74°48′19″E / 12.9902°N 74.8054°E / 12.9902; 74.8054Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byKonkan RailwayLine(s)Konkan RailwayPlatforms1ConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)Other informationStatusFunctioningStation codeSL Zone(s) Konkan Railway Division(s) KarwarFare zoneIndian RailwaysHistoryOpened1997; 27 years ago (1997)ElectrifiedYesServices

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Mulki towards Roha		Konkan Railway Konkan Railway		Thokur Terminus

Route map

Legend km to Panvel (CSTM) 0 Roha (RN) 12.916 Kolad 24 Indapur 30.300 Mangaon 41 Goregaon Road 46.885 Veer Tunnel 1 Dasgaon Bridge over Savitri River 55 Sape Wamane Tunnel 2 62.785 Karanjadi Tunnel 3 Tunnel 4 Tunnel 5 71 Vinhere Natuwadi Tunnel/ Tunnel 6 4.389 km 2.727 mi 80.585 Diwankhavati Tunnel 7 Kalambani Bridge over Jagbudi River 98.285 Khed Tunnel 8 Tunnel 9 Tunnel 10 Tunnel 11 Tunnel 12 111.690 Anjani Tunnel 13 Tunnel 14 Tunnel 15 127.877 Chiplun Bridge over Vashishti River Chiplun Tunnel/ Tunnel 16 2.100 km 1.305 mi 137.646 Kamathe Savarde Tunnel/ Tunnel 17 3.429 km 2.131 mi 146.302 Sawarda Tunnel 18 Viaduct Tunnel 19 Bridge over Jaigad River 156.414 Aravali Road Tunnel 20 Aravali Tunnel/ Tunnel 21 2.161 km 1.343 mi Tunnel 22 Tunnel 23 170.285 Sangameshwar Road Tunnel 24 Tunnel 25 Tunnel 26 178.200 Digni Shastri Bridge over Bav River Parchuri Tunnel/ Tunnel 27 2.552 km 1.586 mi Tunnel 28 Ukshi Tunnel/ Tunnel 29 0.104 km 0.065 mi 183.962 Ukshi Tunnel 30 Tunnel 31 Tunnel 32 Bridge at Ukshi Falls Tunnel 33 Tunnel 34 Karbude Tunnel/ Tunnel 35 6.506 km 4.043 mi 196.482 Bhoke viaduct Tunnel 36 Tunnel 37 203.600 Ratnagiri Tunnel 38 Pomendi viaduct Tunnel 39 Panval Nadi/ Panval Setu Viaduct over Panval River Tike Tunnel/ Tunnel 40 4.077 km 2.533 mi Tunnel 41 218.993 Nivasar Tunnel 42 Tunnel 43 Tunnel 44 Tunnel 45 Tunnel 46 Bridge over Kajali River Tunnel 47 235.280 Adavali Tunnel 48 Tunnel 49 Berdewadi Tunnel/ Tunnel 50 4.00 km 2.49 mi Veravali Tunnel 51 Bridge over Muchkundi River Tunnel 52 249.713 - 250.282 Tunnel 53 0.569 km 0.354 mi 250.718 Vilavade Tunnel 54 Tunnel 55 Tunnel 56 Tunnel 57 Tunnel 58 Tunnel 59 Tunnel 60 Saundal Bridge over Arjuna River Tunnel 61 Tunnel 62 267.349 Rajapur Road Tunnel 63 Tunnel 64 Tunnel 65 Bridge over Vaghotan River Chinchawali Tunnel 66 Tunnel 67 Bridge over River 283.943 Vaibhavwadi Road Bridge over Devgad tributary Bridge over Devgad River 299.552 Nandgaon Road Bridge over Janavali River 314 Kankavali Bridge over Gad River Bridge over Kasal River 332.560 Sindhudurg Bridge over Karli River 343.037 Kudal 353 Zarap 363.880 Sawantwadi Road 371 Madure Maharashtra Goa border RN KAWR limits Bridge over Terekhol River Pernem Tunnel/ Tunnel 69 1 km 1 mi 385.520 Pernem Revora Bridge over Chapora River 396.430 Thivim Bridge over Assonora River Bridge over Mandovi River (side branch) Bridge over Mandovi River (major distributary) 411.866 - 412.410 Old Goa Tunnel/Tunnel 70 0.544 km 0.338 mi 411 Karmali Bridge over Zuari River Tunnel 71 429.8 Verna Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section to Vasco da Gama 434.8 Majorda Junction Suravali 442.460 Madgaon Junction Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section to Londa Junction Tunnel 72 Tunnel 73 458.635 Balli Tunnel 74 Barcem Tunnel/ Tunnel 75 3.343 km 2.077 mi Tunnel 76 Tunnel 77 475.240 Canacona Bridge over Talpona River Bridge over Galgibag River Loliem Tunnel/Tunnel 78 0.835 km 0.519 mi 482 Loliem Tunnel 79 Goa state Karnataka state 493.221 Asnoti Karwar Bridge over Kalinadi River 501.021 Karwar Karwar Tunnel/ Tunnel 80 2.950 km 1.833 mi Tunnel 81 Tunnel 82 514.636 Harwada Hattikeri Bridge over River Tunnel 83 529.001 Ankola Bridge over Gangavali River 536.941 Gokarna Road Tunnel 84 548.480 Mirjan Tunnel 85 Bridge over Aghnashini River 556.032 Kumta Bridge over River 569.812 Honnavar Honnavar Tunnel/ Tunnel 87 Honnavar Tunnel/ Tunnel 88 1.254 km 0.779 mi Bridge over Badagani River Bridge over Sharavati River Tunnel 89 587.608 Manki 596.005 Murdeshwar 603 Chitrapur Bridge over Venkatapur River Tunnel 90 ("Tunnel No 91" on Google Maps) 610.740 Bhatkal 618.6 Shiroor Tunnel 91 ("Tunnel No 92" on Google Maps) 625 Mookambika Road Byndoor Bridge over Byndoor River 632.352 Bijoor Bridge over Yadamavu River Bridge over Kolluru River 646.192 Senapura Bridge over Chakra River Bridge over Panchagagavali River (side branch) Bridge over Panchagagavali River (major distributary) 660.0 Kundapura 675.572 Barkur Bridge over Sita River Bridge over River am Uppoor/Heroor Damm Bridge over Suvarna River 691.9 Udupi Bridge over Udyavara River 700 Innanje 708.320 Padubidri Siding to coal power station (Udupi Power Corp. Ltd.) 715 Nandikoor Bridge over Shambavi River 724.8 Mulki Bridge over Nandini River 733.825 Surathkal 738.440 Thokur (KAWR) Konkan Railway Southern Railway Zone zonal border limits Siding to New Mangalore Port 740 Jokatte Gurupura River to Hassan Junction (MYS) to Mangalore Junction (PGTTooltip Palakkad railway division) km

Location
Surathkal Location within Karnataka

Surathkal railway station is one of the main railway stations of Mangalore city along with Mangalore Central railway station and Mangalore Junction railway station and is located in north Mangaluru on Konkan Railway route. Twenty-two trains stop here.KRCL operates RO-RO services from Suratkal to Verna, Kolad, and Karembeli.^[1][2] As per the Konkan railway map, Surathkal railway station is at a distance of 733.825 kilometers from the northern starting point of the Konkan railway line at Roha and 4.615 kilometers from Thokur which is the southern endpoint of Konkan railway jurisdiction.^[3] The Surathkal railway station is at distance of 26.285 Kilometre from Mangaluru Central(MAQ) railway station.^[4]

The station has only one platform and a single diesel broad gauge track.^[5] The electrification of Konkan railway tracks was completed in March 2022^[6] During the landslides that occurred in August 2019 at Padil-Kulashekar railway section in Mangaluru, several trains were terminated at Surathkal railway stations.^[7][8] Again from 6-2-2023 to 3-3-2023 due to works carried between Padil and Jokatte section many trains were short terminated at Suratkal railway station, the trains were 12133/12134 CSMT- Manguluru Junction Express and Madgaon- Mangaluru Central Express (10107/10108).^[9] There is an urgent need of constructing another platform at Surathkal railway station to handle such emergencies as well as increasing number of passengers. Rolling IN and Rolling OUT of RORO rakes are carried here.^[10]

Background

Surathkal is a suburb of Mangalore city located on National Highway 66 (earlier known as National Highway 17) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India on the shore of the Arabian Sea. It is a municipality merged with Mangalore City Corporation. It lies between the Gurupura (Phalguni) and Pavanje (Nandini) rivers. It is considered as the northernmost area of Mangalore City Corporation geographical limits. Surathkal is six kilometers north of New Mangalore sea port (NMPT). The nearest airport is Mangalore International Airport (IXE/VOML) at fifteen kilometers away from Surathkal railway station. Mangalore petroleum refinery (MRPL) is three kilometers from this railway station. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (formerly KREC) is at distance of two kilometers from Suratkal railway station.^[11]

Location

The Surathkal railway station is located 22 meters above mean sea level. The entrance to the railway station is from Surathkal-Bajpe Road now known as Surathkal-MRPL road. The Surathkal railway station is just 500 meters east of national highway NH-66. There is a bus-stop at the entrance of the railway station road where one can get city buses to Hampankatta, Panambur, Kulai, Kulur, Mangalore, Kankanady, Krishnapura, Katipalla, and Bajpe.

Trains

The following trains have a stop at Surathkal railway station in both directions:

• Matsyagandha Express (12619/12620)
• Netravati Express (16346/16345)
• Mumbai CSMT–Mangaluru Junction Superfast Express (12133/12134)
• SBC–Karwar Express (16513/16514)
• SBC-Karwar Express (16523/16524)
• Gandhidham-Nagaracoil Express(16335-16336)
• NCJ Express(06335-06336)
• Hapa Express (16337/163338)
• Madgaon–Mangalore Intercity Express (22635/22636)
• Mangalore–Madgaon Passenger (56640/566641)
• Mangalore–Madgaon DEMU (70105/70106)
• Yeshvantpur–Karwar Express (16515/16516)

Some special trains running through Konkan railway route have stop at Surathkal railroad station.^[12]

Western Railway zone and Konkan Railway Corporation have announced that Ganapati festival special (fully reserved) trains will be run from Mumbai Central(MMCT) to Surathkal(SL) and vice versa. The train number 09183 will leave Mumbai Central at 11.55p.m on 8 September 2021 and 15 September 2021 C.E. and reach Surathkal at 8p.m next day. Train 09184 will start from Suratkal at 9.15 p.m on 9 September 2021 A.D. and 16 September 2021 and reach Mumbai central at 8.55p.m next day. The coach composition of 09183 and 09184 will be Two coaches of 2 tier Air conditioned,Eight coaches of 3 tier A.C, Two sleeper coaches along with one pantry car and two generator coaches.^[13] These will be the first train to officially terminate and originate at Surathkal railway station. Winter Special train ( 01453/01454) running from LTT(Mumbai) terminates at Surathkal from 31 January 2023.^[14]

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