Udupi railway station

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Udupi
Regional rail and Light rail station
File:Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg
General information
LocationUdupi Railway Station Marg, Udupi, Karnataka
India
Coordinates13°20′10″N 74°46′15″E / 13.3361°N 74.7708°E / 13.3361; 74.7708
Elevation108 metres (354 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byKarwar
Line(s)Konkan Railway
Platforms2+1 Non functional
Tracks4
ConnectionsAuto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeUD
Fare zoneKonkan Railway
History
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station File:Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways Following station
Barkur
towards Roha
Konkan Railway
Konkan Railway
Innanje
towards Thokur
Location
Location within India
Udupi (Karnataka)

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.

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

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.