Jokatte railway station

Jokatte railway station (JOKT) is in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. It was commissioned in January 2017 at the cost of Rupees Fifty crores.[1] It comes under Palakkad division of Southern railway zone under Indian Railways.It was conceived by K.H.Muniappa under UPA rule in 2012 and construction began in 2014.[2] Jokatte railway station is four kilometre away from Mangaluru International Airport. It was constructed to ease train traffic on Panambur to Mangaluru Junction railway station.There has been demand to rename the railway station as Pejawara railway station as it near to Pejawara matha one of the Ashta matha's established by Shri Madhva Acharya[3][4] The union budget of 2024 has allocated Rupees fifty crores for doubling of railway tracks including signalling and telecommunications between Jokatte and Thokur railway station which are 1.98 kilometre apart. Thokur railway station is the southern most railway station under of Konkan Railway Corporation.[5]

  1. ^ "Southern Railway commissions its 95th railway station at Jokatte". Times of India. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ "New railway station at Jokatte, close to Mangaluru airport, ready to function". Daiji World. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Kenjaru villagers bat for 'Pejawara Rly Station'". Deccan Herald, English daily newspaper. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Demand to rename Jokatte railway station". The Hindu, English daily newspaper. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Union Budget allocates ₹55 crore for Mangaluru Railway Region of Southern Railway". The Hindu, English daily newspaper. Retrieved 26 February 2024.