Surathkal railway station

Surathkal
Indian Railways station
View of entrance to Surathkal railway station
General information
LocationRailway Station Road, Kadambodi, Tel: 0824-2475938, Surathkal, Karnataka
India
Coordinates12°59′25″N 74°48′19″E / 12.9902°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; 27 years ago (1997)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Mulki
towards Roha
 Konkan Railway Thokur
Terminus
Location
Surathkal is located in Karnataka
Surathkal
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]

  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. ^ "South Western Railway system map" (PDF). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Arrivals at SL/Surathkal (1 PFs)". IndiaRailInfo.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. ^ "konkan-railway completes electrification of entire 741km route pmmodi hails the achievement". Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Karnataka: Train traffic restored on landslip hit Padil-Kulashekar section". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Train services on Kerala-Mangaluru-Mumbai sector hit". The Hindu Newspaper. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Upgradation work over Southern Railway". Konkan Railway. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Activity Location Map of Mechanical Department" (PDF). Konkan Railway. Retrieved 9 November 2019.