19-555: Mangalore Central railway station (officially Mangaluru Central railway station )(station code: MAQ) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone . It is the main railway terminus in the city of Mangalore which lies in the heart of the city. It is one of the major railway stations in Karnataka state and it is the biggest terminal station under Palakkad railway division. There
38-606: A few changes. The old building was renovated just over a decade ago. Except for some developmental work there has been not much of a progress to boast of. It was during T.A. Pai’s tenure as Railway Minister in 1971 that the first direct link train No. 131/132 Jayanthi Janatha Express from Mangalore to Delhi commenced with the Mangalore Railway Station as the starting point. Apart from the Konkan Railway, even
57-582: Is a list of railway stations in India . The railway operations are managed by Indian Railways (IR) in the country. Hyderabad Uttar Pradesh Netravati River The Netravati River or Netravathi Nadi has its origins at Bangrabalige valley, Yelaneeru Ghat in Kudremukh in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka , India. This river flows through the famous pilgrimage place Dharmasthala and
76-553: Is also another railway station named Mangalore Junction railway station , previously known as Kankanady railway station. The Mangalore region provides the highest freight revenue to the Palakkad division, which sums up to 90 per cent of the total revenue which the Palakkad division generates. Mangalore Central comes under the Southern Railway and also provides connectivity for Konkan Railway and South Western Railway of
95-664: Is considered one of the holy rivers of India. It merges with the Kumaradhara River at Uppinangadi before flowing to the Arabian Sea , south of Mangalore city. This river is the main source of water to Bantwal and Mangalore . Earlier in the 20th century it was known as the Bantwal River ; the important town of Bantwal is seen on its banks. A reference to the River Netravati, as unfordable during
114-482: Is navigable by small country craft for many miles. The train Netravati Express , passing through Mangalore, is named after this river. Often Bantwal has been submerged in bygone years during the monsoon by overflowing river Netravati. Many residents left the town, settled elsewhere, and prospered. The major floods remembered by the elders of the town occurred in 1928 and 1974. Netravati river originates in
133-480: The Indian Railways . It is one of the 5 central railway stations of India. Mangalore Railway Station presently known as Mangalore Central, had celebrated a quiet centenary in 2007. Though there are no exact records to prove that the railway station was opened in 1907 and the first train services commenced the same year, if one goes by the foundation stone on a quaint little guard house at the northern-end of
152-794: The Western Ghats in Bangrabalike forest Valley in Yellaner Ghats of Kudremukha range in Karnataka State. The river drains an area of about 1,353 square miles. The Kumaradhara River , which originates in the Subramanya range of Western Ghats, meets the Netravati river at Uppinangadi . Every year nearly around more than 100 tmc of water flowing to Arabian sea. The main occupations of the people who have settled on
171-538: The Mangalore area is based on a triangular pattern, with Mangalore Central, Mangalore Junction and the Netravati River railway bridge at the vertices of the triangle. A railway siding leads from Mangalore Central to the historic old Railway Goods-Shed in the old Port, Bunder area of Mangalore city. Mangalore Central railway station is located at Old Kent road, Hampankatta. The other major railway station in
190-682: The Mangalore-Jammu Tavi Navyug Express is George Fernandes’s gift to his hometown Mangalore. A metre-gauge railway track, built through the Western Ghats, connected Mangalore with Hassan . The metre-gauge track was converted to a broad-gauge track connecting Mangalore to Bangalore via Hassan. The re-gauged track was opened to freight traffic in May 2006 and passenger traffic in December 2007. The track network in
209-528: The South-West Monsoon , can be seen in the Gazetteer of Southern India, , published in 1855. It has an apparent breadth of about 200 yards with a bed encumbered by large rocky masses, chiefly of hornblende rock, containing spangles of mica and small garnets. Sienites also occur, as fragments of a beautiful pegmatite with flesh coloured feldspar are seen in the beds of rivulets. The Netravati River
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#1732779835786228-569: The Southern Railways say that the first train to be introduced in the zone, train number-1, ran its maiden journey between erstwhile Madras and Mangalore port in 1914, reducing the voyage of 1024 nautical miles via Cape Comorin to 550 miles. This broad gauge railway route was formed mainly for the transportation of world famous Mangalore tiles to Madras Harbour to be exported by ships. Thus the same train returned after one week as train No.2. containing 3 compartments with Mangalore tiles and
247-560: The bank of this river are agriculture and fishing. This river is the main source of water for agriculture during off monsoon. The river is rich in water life. Majority of the people settling around the river have practiced fishing which provides bread to many families. People also trade fine sand which is used for construction. This sand is taken from the bed of the river. Many mini hydroelectric projects and diversion project have been set up on this river, causing damage to environment of this ecologically sensitive region; and more projects are in
266-792: The city, Mangalore Junction located at Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangalore 575007. Mangalore Central has many trains originated and terminated. Popular trains includes Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express , Mangaluru Central - Lokamanya Tilak Terminus Matsyagandha Superfast Express , Mangaluru Central - M.G .R Chennai Central SF Express, Mangaluru Central–Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express (via Alappuzha) , Vivek Express (Santragachi), Chennai Mail , Malabar Express , Maveli Express etc Southern Railway connects Kanyakumari , Chennai , Kacheguda , Bengaluru . South Western Railway connects Bengaluru , Vijayapura . Konkan Railway connects Mumbai List of railway stations in India This
285-413: The fourth one with passengers and postal mailbags. The same train is the present No.6001/6002 Chennai Central-Mangalore Mail. The Mangalore Railway Station used to be the last station connecting Mangalore to the state of Kerala in the south and to the rest of the country. No doubt, the first train services in the region opened a new chapter in the history of the area and paved way for much progress. Mangalore
304-438: The planning stages and some are implemented. A recent controversy has arisen, from a proposal to change the path of the river so that the dry land areas above the Western Ghats can be irrigated. Changing the path of the river might lead to unforeseen environmental disasters according to some experts. For example, it might affect the marine life due to reduced outflow of freshwater and the subsequent decline of nutrients flowing into
323-572: The railway bridge across the Netravathi which says “The last rivet was put in position and the bridge formally declared completed by H.E. Sir Arthur Lawley. KCMG, GCIE, Governor of Madras on the 4th November 1907,” one can conclude that the train services commenced somewhere around this time. Though some records say that the first train that chugged on the newly constructed Netravathi bridge on 4 November 1907 came from Kallikote in Kerala, records with
342-416: Was made a permanent station from a trial station. A glance at the railway history of the nation will make anyone outrightly conclude that Mangalore railway station has been a much neglected station over the years. If train services in the nation commenced in 1853, in Mangalore it arrived 55 years later. Now though it is over hundred years since the railway station was established, we see not much progress except
361-779: Was then in the Madras province under the British rule. The construction of the Netravathi Bridge in Ullal using 16 spans of 150 feet length each was taken up around this time. A few years later, in 1929, the Grand Trunk Express was introduced that ran for 104 hours through the length of the west coast, from Mangalore to Peshawar in Pakistan. In those days, it was the longest rail route in the country. In 1930, Mangalore
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