Surathkal railway station

Surathkal railway station is one of the main railway stations of Mangalore along with Mangalore Central railway station & Mangalore Junction railway station which is located in north Mangalore. Twenty-two trains halt here; there are no originating or terminating trains at this station. KRCL operates RO-RO services to Verna, Kolad and Karembeli.[1][2] As per Konkan railway map, Surathkal railway station is at a distance of 733.825 Kilometre from northern starting point of Konkan railway line at Roha and 4.615 Kilometre from Thokur which is the southern end point of Konkan railway jurisdiction.[3]

View of entrance to Surathkal railway station
Surathkal
LocationRailway Station Road, Kadambodi, Tel: 0824-2475938, Surathkal, Karnataka
India
Coordinates12.9902°N 74.8054°E / 12.9902; 74.8054
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byKonkan Railway
Line(s)Konkan Railway
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeSL
Zone(s) Konkan Railway
Division(s) Karwar
Fare zoneIndian Railways
History
Opened1997 (1997)
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Konkan Railway
Location
Surathkal
Location within Karnataka

The station has only one platform, and a single diesel broadgauge track.[4] During the landslips occurred in August 2019 at Padil-Kulashekar railway section in Mangaluru, Several trains were terminated at Surathkal railway stations.[5][6] There is an urgent need of constructing another platform at Surathkal railway station to handle such emergencies and also increasing passengers. Surathkal railway station has tea stall,waiting room and running room.Rolling IN and Rolling OUT of RORO rakes are carried here.[7]

Background

Surathkal is a suburb of Mangalore city located on National Highway 66 (India) (earlier known as National Highway 17) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India on the shore of Arabian Sea. It is a municipality merged with Mangalore City Corporation. It lies between the Gurupura (Phalguni) and Pavanje (Nandini) rivers. It can be considered as the northernmost area of Mangalore City Corporation geographical limits. Surathkal is six kilometres north of New Mangalore sea port(NMPT). The nearest airport is Mangalore International Airport(IXE/VOML)at fifteen kilometres away from Surathkal railway station. Mangalore petroleum refinery(MRPL) is three kilometres from this railway station. National Institute of Technology,Karnataka (formerly KREC)is at distance of two kilometres from Suratkal railway station.[8]

Location

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

Trains

The following trains have stop at Surathkal railway station in both directions Matsyagandha Express (12619/12620), Netravati Express (16346/16345), Mumbai CSMT–Mangalore Express (12133/12134), SBC–Karwar Express (16513/16514), SBC-Karwar Express (16523/16524), Gandhidham(16336), 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 this route have stop at Surathkal railroad station.[9]

Discarded manual signal system at Suratkal railway station
Surathkal railway station at night

References
  1. "Roll On – Roll Off Services". Konkan Railway. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. "In a first, Indian Railways commence RO-RO service on Central and Western Railways". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. "Konkan Railway system map" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. "Arrivals at SL/Surathkal (1 PFs)". IndiaRailInfo.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. "Karnataka: Train traffic restored on landslip hit Padil-Kulashekar section". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. "Train services on Kerala-Mangaluru-Mumbai sector hit". The Hindu Newspaper. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  7. "Activity Location Map of Mechanical Department" (PDF). Konkan Railway. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  8. "How to Reach". NITK. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  9. "Special trains to clear festival rush". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 December 2019.


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