Mookambika Road Byndoor
Express train and Passenger train station
General information
LocationIndia
Coordinates13°59′22″N 74°33′57″E / 13.9894°N 74.5657°E / 13.9894; 74.5657
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byKonkan Railway
Line(s)Konkan Railway
Construction
Structure typeStandard
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBYNR
Zone(s) Konkan Railway
Fare zoneIndian Railways
Websitewww.mybyndoor.com
History
Opened1997 (1997)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesByndoor
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Shiroor
towards ?
Konkan Railway Bijoor
towards ?
Location
Byndoor is located in Karnataka
Byndoor
Byndoor
Location within Karnataka

Mookambika Road Byndoor [1] is a railway station in coastal Karnataka in South India. Its four-letter code is BYNR. Mookambika Road Byndoor is the main railway station in the town of Byndoor in Udupi district. It serves Byndoor city which is 1 kilometre away from the station. It is the nearest railway station to the famous pilgrimage centre, Kollur Mookambika temple. The distance from Byndoor railway station to Kollur Mookambika temple is about 28 km which can be covered in 40 minutes to one hour by road. Trains from here connect the city to prominent state capitals of India like Bangalore (Karnataka), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, via Southern Railway), Mumbai (Maharashtra, via Konkan Railways) and so forth. It is also well connected to the major railway stations such as Goa (Madgoan), Udupi, Mangalore, Kasaragod and Ernakulam. Rail connectivity in Byndoor was established in 1997. A total of 34 express and passenger trains halt here; there was one originating and terminating trains at this station: Mookambika Road–Kannur Passenger train; however this service was terminated in 2017 within two years of service due to lack of revenue generation.[2] Although the railway station caters to a lot of passengers and superfast trains on a daily basis, it does not have a siding line or passing loop. Any crossing of trains can only happen either on Bijoor or Shiroor railway stations 19 km apart.

Background

A KRCL official said that with a 93-m long station building and 10 m x 600 m platform, the Byndoor station is the biggest station in the Konkan Railway network, after Madgaon. The station is directly connected to Mangalore, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Amritsar, Chandighar, Pune, Ajmer, Jaipur, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Okha, Mysore, Belgaum, Jodhpur, Agra, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Kollam.

Infrastructure

This station has One platforms and Kollour Mookambika Temple type Building is the main Highlight.

Major trains from Byndoor station

Location

It lies off the Kanyakumari–Panvel Road, in Mookambika Road Byndoor, PIN Code 576214. The Mangalore Bajpe Airport (Code: IXE) is 98 km away. The station is located at an elevation of 15 metres above sea level. It lies within the KR/Konkan Zone under the Karwar railway division.

Other stations

It falls under Karwar railway division of Konkan Railway zone, a subsidiary zone of Indian Railways.[3] under the jurisdiction of Konkan Railway. Mookambika Road Byndoor has 3 stations viz Shiroor, Bijoor Halt, Senapur

References

  1. ↑ "Mookambika Road Byndoor Railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Railways terminates Kannur-Byndoor passenger". 23 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (10 June 2016). Monsoon Time Table (2016 ed.). Belapur, Maharashtra: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 10 August 2016.


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