Mangalore Junction railway station

Mangalore Junction (officially Mangaluru Junction) (station code: MAJN) is a gateway to the port city of Mangaluru located at Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangaluru, 575007, coming under the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway. 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 Bengaluru–Chennai in the east. It is the busiest railway junction in the area, as all north- and southbound trains touch Mangalore through this station.

Mangaluru Junction Mangalore Junction
Express train and Passenger train station
Location	Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangaluru, 575007, Karnataka India
Coordinates	12.87°N 74.87°E / 12.87; 74.87
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railways
Line(s)	Mangaluru Junction-Shoranur Junction Mangaluru Junction-Mangalore Central Mangaluru Junction-Hassan Junction Mangaluru Junction-Madgaon Junction
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	MAJN [1]
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Palakkad
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Thokur Southern Railway Shoranur–Mangalore section Nethravathi Padil Southern Railway Shoranur–Mangalore section Mangaluru Central
Route map 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 Kotikulam 60 Bekal Fort Chithari River 69 Kanhangad 78 Nileshwar 83 Charvattur 88 Chandera 92 Thrikaripur 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 Vadakara Kuttiady River 178 Iringal 184 Payyoli 187 Tikkotti 191 Vellarakkad 197 Koyilandy 202 Chemancheri Akalapuzha River 209 Elathur 216 West Hill 219 Vellayil 221 Kozhikode to Shoranur Junction
Location
Mangalore Junction Location within Karnataka

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. 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.[2]