Surathkal railway station
railway station in Karnataka
Surathkal railway station (Station code:SL) is one of the main railway stations of Mangalore city along with Mangalore Central railway station and Mangalore Junction railway station and is located in north Mangaluru on Konkan Railway route. Twenty-two trains stop here.KRCL operates RO-RO services from Suratkal to Verna, Kolad, and Karembeli. As per the Konkan railway map, Surathkal railway station is at a distance of 733.825 kilometers from the northern starting point of the Konkan railway line at Roha and 4.615 kilometers from Thokur which is the southern endpoint of Konkan railway jurisdiction. The Surathkal railway station is at distance of 26.285 Kilometre from Mangaluru Central(MAQ) railway station.
The station has only one platform and a single diesel broad gauge track. The electrification of Konkan railway tracks was completed in March 2022 During the landslides that occurred in August 2019 at Padil-Kulashekar railway section in Mangaluru, several trains were terminated at Surathkal railway stations. Again from 6-2-2023 to 3-3-2023 due to works carried between Padil and Jokatte section many trains were short terminated at Suratkal railway station, the trains were 12133/12134 CSMT- Manguluru Junction Express and Madgaon- Mangaluru Central Express (10107/10108). There is an urgent need of constructing another platform at Surathkal railway station to handle such emergencies as well as increasing number of passengers.
Konkan Railway Corporation Limited offers RO-RO services for loaded lorries (trucks) starting from Surathkal train station to Kolad and Kalembeli. Rolling IN and Rolling OUT of RORO rakes are carried here.
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