Udupi railway station

Udupi railway station is a railway station in Udupi district, Karnataka. Its code is UD. It serves the pilgrims visiting famous Krishna Matha (Krishna Temple) at Udupi and the university town of Manipal, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south from the station and Udupi. The station consists of two platforms. Most of the platform is not sheltered from the heavy rains that Udupi receives.[1] The Konkan railway route in which trains are pulled by Diesel locomotives (Diesel engines) will now be powered by Electric locomotives after electrification of this route. Konkan railway conducted a trial run of Electric locomotives on 13 January 2020, Monday from Thokur railway station to Udupi railway station.[2] The electric locomotive started from Thokur at 4 p.m. and reached Udupi at 6 p.m. On return journey the electric locomotive reached Thokur at 8 p.m.

Udupi
Regional rail and Light rail station
Location	Udupi Railway Station Marg, Udupi, Karnataka India
Coordinates	13.3361°N 74.7708°E
Elevation	108 metres (354 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Karwar
Line(s)	Konkan Railway
Platforms	2+1 Non functional
Tracks	4
Connections	Auto stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	UD
Fare zone	Konkan Railway
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Barkur Konkan Railway Konkan Railway Innanje
Route map 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) Siding to New Mangalore Port Gurupura River to Hassan Junction (MYS) to Mangalore Junction (PGT) km
Location
Udupi Location within India Udupi Udupi (Karnataka)

Facilities at Udupi railway station

Udupi railway station has a multipurpose stall and refreshment stall on platform 1. It has a restaurant at basement near parking area. Udupi railway station has fresh up facility where passengers can use this facility to take rest on hourly basis.[3] The Udupi railway station has cashless facilities to help passengers not carrying cash (currency notes).[4] As a part of initiative to become green, Udupi railway station has installed solar power generation of 7 kW out of station's requirement of 48 kW on 5 June 2016.[5]

Trains

• Matsyagandha Express (Mangaluru Central to Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus)
• Hisar–Coimbatore AC Superfast Express, via Jodhpur, Vadodara, Panvel, Madgao, Mangaluru
• Kerala Sampark Kranti Express (Chandigarh to Kochuveli)
• Kochuveli–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express
• Netravati Express
• Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express
• Marusagar Express (Ajmer to Ernakulam)
• Poorna Express (via Belagavi)
• Pune–Ernakulam Express
• Mangaluru–Madgaon Passenger
• Madgaon–Mangaluru Intercity Express

References

1. "UD/Udupi". India Rail Info.
2. "Konkan Railway conducts trial run of electric loco between Thokur-Udupi". Retrieved 28 October 2020.
3. "Fresh Up' facility inaugurated at Udupi railway station". Retrieved 28 October 2020.
4. "Udupi Railway Station goes cashless". Retrieved 28 October 2020.
5. "Konkan railway goes green udupi becomes solar powered railway station". Retrieved 28 October 2020.