Mookambika Road Byndoor railway station

Mookambika Road Byndoor ^[1] is a railway station in coastal Karnataka in South of India. Its four-letter code is BYNR. Mookambika Road Byndoor is the main railway station in the town of Byndoor in Udupi district. It serves Byndoor city which is 1 kilometre away from the station. It is the nearest railway station to the famous pilgrimage centre, Kollur Mookambika temple. The distance from Byndoor railway station to Kollur Mookambika temple is about 28 km which can be covered in 40 minutes to one hour by road. Trains from here connect the city to prominent state capitals of India like Bangalore (Karnataka), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, via Southern Railway), Mumbai (Maharashtra, via Konkan Railways) and so forth. It is also well connected to the major railway stations such as Goa (Madgoan), Udupi, Mangalore, Kasaragod and Ernakulam. Rail connectivity in Byndoor was established in 1997. A total of 34 express and passenger trains halt here; there was one originating and terminating trains at this station: Mookambika Road–Kannur Passenger train; however this service was terminated in 2017 within two years of service due to lack of revenue generation.^[2] Although the railway station caters to a lot of passengers and superfast trains on a daily basis, it does not have a siding line or passing loop. Any crossing of trains can only happen either on Bijoor or Shiroor railway stations 19 km apart.

Mookambika Road Byndoor
Express train and Passenger train station
General information
Location	India
Coordinates	13.9894°N 74.5657°E / 13.9894; 74.5657
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Konkan Railway
Line(s)	Konkan Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BYNR
Zone(s)	Konkan Railway
Fare zone	Indian Railways
Website	www.mybyndoor.com
History
Opened	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Byndoor
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Shiroor towards Roha Konkan Railway Bijoor towards Thokur
Route map Legend km to Panvel (CSTM) 0.000 Roha (RN) 12.916 Kolad 24.000 Indapur 30.300 Mangaon 41.000 Goregaon Road 46.885 Veer tunnel 1 Dasgaon Bridge across Savitri River 55.000 Sape Wamane tunnel 2 62.785 Karanjadi tunnel 3 tunnel 4 tunnel 5 71.000 Vinhere Natuwadi Tunnel (tunnel 6) 4.389 km 2.727 mi 80.585 Diwankhavati tunnel 7 Kalambani 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 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 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 across 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 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 Kajali River tunnel 47 235.280 Adavali tunnel 48 tunnel 49 Berdewadi Tunnel (tunnel 50) 4.00 km 2.49 mi Veravali tunnel 51 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 Arjuna River tunnel 61 tunnel 62 267.349 Rajapur Road tunnel 63 tunnel 64 tunnel 65 Vaghotan River Chinchawali tunnel 66 tunnel 67 283.943 Vaibhavwadi Road Devgad (tributary) Devgad River 299.552 Nandgaon Road Janavali River 314.000 Kankavali Gad River Kasal River 332.560 Sindhudurg Karli River 343.037 Kudal 353.000 Zarap 363.880 Sawantwadi Road 371.000 Madure Maharashtra Goa state border RN KAWR limits Terekhol River Pernem Tunnel (tunnel 69) 1 km 1 mi 385.520 Pernem Revora Bridge across Chapora River 396.430 Thivim Assonora River   (side branch) Mandovi River (main branch) 411.866 412.410 Old Goa Tunnel (tunnel 70) 0.544 km 0.338 mi 411.000 Karmali Zuari River tunnel 71 429.800 Verna Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section to Vasco da Gama 434.800 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 Talpona River Galgibag River Loliem Tunnel (tunnel 78) 0.835 km 0.519 mi 482.000 Loliem tunnel 79 Goa Karnataka state border 493.221 Asnoti Karwar Bridge across Kalinadi River 501.021 Karwar Karwar Tunnel (tunnel 80) 2.950 km 1.833 mi tunnel 81 tunnel 82 514.636 Harwada Hattikeri River tunnel 83 529.001 Ankola Gangavali River 536.941 Gokarna Road tunnel 84 548.480 Mirjan tunnel 85 Aghnashini River 556.032 Kumta 569.812 Honnavar Honnavar Tunnel (tunnel 87) Honnavar Tunnel (tunnel 88) 1.254 km 0.779 mi Badagani River Sharavati River tunnel 89 587.608 Manki 596.005 Murdeshwar 603.000 Chitrapur Venkatapur River tunnel 90 610.740 Bhatkal 618.600 Shiroor tunnel 91 625.000 Mookambika Road Byndoor Byndoor River 632.352 Bijoor Yadamavu River Kolluru River 646.192 Senapura Chakra River   (side branch) Panchagagavali River (main branch) 660.000 Kundapura 675.572 Barkur Sita River River am Uppoor/Heroor Damm Suvarna River 691.900 Udupi Udyavara River 700.000 Innanje 708.320 Padubidri Udupi Power Corp. Ltd. coal power station 715.000 Nandikoor Shambavi River 724.800 Mulki Nandini River 733.825 Surathkal 738.440 Thokur (KAWR) Konkan Railway Southern Railway Zone to New Mangalore Port 740.000 Jokatte Gurupura River to Hassan Junction (MYS) to Mangalore Junction (PGTTooltip Palakkad railway division) km
Location Byndoor Location within Karnataka

Background

A KRCL official said that with a 93-m long station building and 10 m x 600 m platform, the Byndoor station is the biggest station in the Konkan Railway network, after Madgaon. The station is directly connected to Mangalore, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Amritsar, Chandighar, Pune, Ajmer, Jaipur, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Okha, Mysore, Belgaum, Jodhpur, Agra, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Kollam.

Infrastructure

This station has One platforms and Kollour Mookambika Temple type Building is the main Highlight.

Major trains from Byndoor station

• Mumbai LTT - Kochuveli Garibrath AC Express
• POORNA EXPRESS Kochi to Pune
• Marusagar Super Fast Express
• Netravati Express
• Matsyagandha Express
• Jabalpur–Coimbatore Superfast Special
• Kannur–Mookambika Road Passenger
• Panchaganga Express
• Mangaluru Central–Madgaon DEMU
• Mangaluru Central–Madgaon Passenger
• Bangalore City–Karwar Express
• Yesvantpur–Karwar Express
• Mumbai CST–Mangaluru Junction Superfast Express
• Madgaon–Mangaluru Intercity Express
• Ernakulam–Okha Express
• Thiruvananthapuram–Veraval Express
• Kochuveli–Bhavnagar Express
• Kochuveli–Shri Ganganagar Junction Express
• Gandhidham–Nagercoil Express

Location

It lies off the Kanyakumari–Panvel Road, in Mookambika Road Byndoor, PIN Code 576214. The Mangalore Bajpe Airport (Code: IXE) is 98 km away. The station is located at an elevation of 15 metres above sea level. It lies within the KR/Konkan Zone under the Karwar railway division.

Other stations

It falls under Karwar railway division of Konkan Railway zone, a subsidiary zone of Indian Railways.^[3] under the jurisdiction of Konkan Railway. Mookambika Road Byndoor has 3 stations viz Shiroor, Bijoor Halt, Senapur

References

1. "Mookambika Road Byndoor Railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
2. "Railways terminates Kannur-Byndoor passenger". 23 May 2017.
3. Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (10 June 2016). Monsoon Time Table (2016 ed.). Belapur, Maharashtra: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

External links

• Mookambika Road Byndoor railway station at the India Rail Info