Surathkal railway station

Surathkal ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್
Location	Railway Station Road, Kadambodi, Tel: 0824-2475938, Surathkal, Karnataka India
Coordinates	12°59′25″N 74°48′19″E / 12.9902°N 74.8054°E / 12.9902; 74.8054Coordinates: 12°59′25″N 74°48′19″E / 12.9902°N 74.8054°E / 12.9902; 74.8054
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Konkan Railway
Line(s)	Konkan Railway
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SL
Zone(s)	Konkan Railway
Division(s)	Karwar
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Opened	1997 (1997)
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Mulki Konkan Railway Konkan Railway Thokur
Route map Legend km to Panvel (CSTM) 0 Roha (RN) 13 Kolad 24 Indapur 30 Mangaon 41 Goregaon Road 47 Veer 55 Sape Wamane 63 Karanjadi 71 Vinhere Natuwadi Tunnel (4 km) 81 Diwankhavati 98 Khed 112 Anjani 128 Chiplun Chiplun Tunnel (2 km) 138 Kamathe Savarde Tunnel (3 km) 147 Sawarda Shastri Bridge Parchuri Tunnel (3 km) 150 Aravali Gad Bridge 171 Sangameshwar 184 Ukshi Karbude Tunnel (6 km) 197 Bhoke 203 Ratnagiri Panval Nadi Viaduct Tike Tunnel (4 km) 219 Nivasar 235 Adavali Berdewadi Tunnel (4 km) 250 Vilavade 267 Rajapur Road 284 Vaibhavwadi Road 299 Nandgaon Road 314 Kankavali 333 Sindhudurg 343 Kudal 353 Zarap 364 Sawantwadi Road 371 Madure Maharashtra state / RN limits Goa state / KAWR limits Pernem Tunnel (1 km) 382 Pernem 393 Thivim Mandovi Bridge 411 Karmali Zuari Bridge 427 Verna to Vasco da Gama 432 Majorda Junction 435 Suravali 438 Madgaon Junction to Londa Junction 456 Balli Barcem Tunnel (3 km) 472 Canacona 482 Loliem Goa state Karnataka state 492 Asnoti Kalinadi Bridge 500 Karwar Karwar Tunnel (3 km) 513 Harwada 528 Ankola 526 Gokarna Road 555 Kumta 568 Honnavar Sharavati Bridge 586 Manki 595 Murudeshwar 603 Chitrapur 609 Bhatkal 617 Shiroor 625 Mookambika Road Byndoor 631 Bijoor 644 Senapura 658 Kundapura 674 Barkur 690 Udupi 700 Innanje 706 Padubidri 715 Nandikoor 723 Mulki 732 Surathkal 736 Thokur (KAWR) Gurupura River to Hassan Junction (MYS) to Mangalore Junction (PGT)

Surathkal railway station (ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್ in Kannada and सुरतकल in Hindi) is one of the main railway stations near Karwar in south coastal Karnataka. A total of 22 trains halt here; there are no originating or terminating trains at this station.

Background

The station has only one platform, and a single diesel broadgauge track.^[1]

Surathkal is a suburb of Mangalore city located on National Highway 17 (now renumbered as NH-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 (Phalguni) and Pavanje (Nandini) rivers. It can be considered as the northernmost area of Mangalore City Corporation geographical limits. Surathkal is six kilometres north of New Mangalore seaport.

Location

It is located 22 meters above mean sea level.

The nearest airport, Mangalore's Bajpe Airport/IXE, is 10 kilometres away.

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