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
General information
Location	Udupi Railway Station Marg, Udupi, Karnataka India
Coordinates	13.3361°N 74.7708°E / 13.3361; 74.7708
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
History
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Barkur towards Roha Konkan Railway Konkan Railway Innanje 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 Udupi Location within India Show map of India Udupi Udupi (Karnataka) Show map of 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] Udupi railway station has retiring room facility.

Trains

• Mangaluru Central–Madgaon Vande Bharat Express
• Matsyagandha Express
• Hisar–Coimbatore AC Superfast Express
• Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
• Netravati Express
• Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express
• Marusagar Express
• Poorna Express (via Belagavi)
• Pune–Ernakulam Express
• Mangaluru–Madgaon Passenger
• Madgaon–Mangaluru Intercity Express
• Kochuveli–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express
• Kochuveli–Amritsar Weekly Express
• Lokmanya Tilak Terminus—Kochuveli Express
• Kochuveli−Porbandar Superfast Express
• Kochuveli–Bhavnagar Express
• Kochuveli–Dehradun Superfast Express
• Kochuveli–Shri Ganganagar Junction Express
• Kochuveli—Indore Weekly Express
• Tirunelveli–Jamnagar Express
• Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam)
• Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
• Panchaganga Express
• Mumbai CSMT–Mangalore Superfast Express
• Gandhidham–Nagercoil Express
• Ernakulam–Okha Express
• Mangala Lakshadweep Express
• Thiruvananthapuram–Veraval Express
• Yesvantpur–Karwar Express
• SMVT Bengaluru–Mangaluru Central Tri-weekly Express
• Dadar–Tirunelveli Express
• Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
• Madgaon–Ernakulam Superfast Express

References

1. "UD/Udupi". India Rail Info.
2. Sastry, Anil Kumar (13 January 2020). "Konkan Railway conducts trial run of electric loco between Thokur-Udupi". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
3. "Fresh Up' facility inaugurated at Udupi railway station". The Hindu. 4 January 2019. 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". 5 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2020.