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.
The station has only one platform, and a single diesel broadgauge track. During the landslips occurred in August 2019 at Padil-Kulashekar railway section in Mangaluru, Several trains were terminated at Surathkal railway stations. 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.

Background

is a suburb of Mangalore city located on National Highway 66 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 and Pavanje rivers. It can be considered as the northern most area of Mangalore City Corporation geographical limits. Surathkal is six kilometres north of New Mangalore sea port. The nearest airport is Mangalore International Airportat fifteen kilometres away from Surathkal railway station. Mangalore petroleum refinery is three kilometres from this railway station. National Institute of Technology,Karnataka is at distance of two kilometres from Suratkal railway station.

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,Netravati Express, Mumbai CSMT/Mangalore express, SBC-Karwar express, SBC-Karwar express, Gandhidham, Hapa express, Madgaon- Mangalore Intercity express, Mangalore Madgaon passenger,Mangalore/Madgaon DEMU,Yeshvantpur/Karwar express. Some special trains running through this route have stop at Surathkal railroad station.