Udupi railway station

Udupi
Regional rail and Light rail station
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 Indian Railways Following station
Barkur
towards Roha
Konkan Railway
Konkan Railway
Innanje
towards Thokur
Location
Udupi is located in India
Udupi
Udupi
Location within India
Udupi is located in Karnataka
Udupi
Udupi
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.