Mangalore Junction railway station (formerly Kankanadi railway station(station code: MAJN) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in

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. It is an important railway station connecting Konkan, Western Ghat (Mangalore Hassan Mysore line) and Malabar railways and is also the gateway to the port city of

Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...

located at Darbar Hill, Padil, Mangalore, 575007. The station is a junction interconnecting Mangalore Central railway station with

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in the south,

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and Mangalore Sea Port in the north and

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–

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in the east. It is the busiest railway junction in the area, as all north- and southbound trains touch Mangalore through this station. It was formerly called

Kankanadi Kankanadi or Kankanady is one of the major upscale commercial and residential localities of the city of Mangalore in Karnataka, India. Educational institutions The Father Muller's hospital campus houses the following educational institutions. ...

railway station when the city railway station was simply called Mangalore railway station. Later both were renamed as Mangalore Junction and respectively to avoid confusion. This is the first station in the Southern Railway zone after the Konkan Railway zone which ends at Thokur, the previous station up north. The railways wish to develop Mangalore Junction to a world-class station on the 60 acres of land, owned by the railways, that adjoins the station.

Service

The railway station has the daily connectivity to important cities of India like – Mumbai,

Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...

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, Jaipur,

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, Bangalore, Chennai,

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. Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express connect with Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in New Delhi along with other trains like Mangala Lakshadweep Express, Kerala Sampark Kranti Express. Other trains include Tirunelveli–Gandhidham Humsafar Express, Marusagar Express, Kochuveli-Shri Ganganagar Junction Express, Jabalpur-Coimbatore Superfast Express, Kochuveli–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express, Netravati Express, Mangaluru Mumbai CSMT SF Express

Location

The nearest major transport hubs: *Nearest airport:

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(11 km) *Nearest sea port:

New Mangalore Port New Mangalore Port or New Mangalore Port Trust(NMPT) is an all-weather port at Panambur, Mangalore in Karnataka state in India. The total land area of the port is approximately . The New Mangalore Port is the deepest inner harbour on the wes ...

(14 km) *Nearest bus stations Hampankatta (6 km) and Lalbagh, Mangalore (8 km) *Nearest bus stops: Naguri (200 mtrs), Padil (500 mtrs), Bajal Cross (100 mtrs) *Distance from Mangalore Central railway station is 6 km

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