Madgaon Junction railway station

Madgaon Junction
Express train and Passenger train station
Location Madgaon, Goa
India
Coordinates 15°16′04″N 73°58′16″E / 15.2677°N 73.9711°E / 15.2677; 73.9711Coordinates: 15°16′04″N 73°58′16″E / 15.2677°N 73.9711°E / 15.2677; 73.9711
Elevation 8.825 metres (28.95 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Konkan Railways
Line(s)

Konkan Railway,

South Western Railway (Guntakal-Vasco da Gama section)
Platforms 4
Tracks 8
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Available
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code MAO
Zone(s) Konkan Railways
Division(s) Karwar
Electrified No
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Konkan Railway
South Western Railway zone
Location
Madgaon Junction
Location within Goa

Madgaon Junction railway station (Station code: MAO) is a railway junction and major station on the Indian Railways network, specifically on the South Western Railway line to Vasco da Gama and the Konkan Railway, in Madgaon, Goa, India.

Administration

It falls under Karwar railway region of Konkan Railways in Goa.

Connectivity

Madgaon railway junction in the state of Goa has direct rail connection with several major cities in India. All the major metropolitan cities of India, namely, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. The other cities of India, Bangalore, Hubli, Mangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi (Ernakulam Junction), Surat, Vadodara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Kota, Agra, Jhansi, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Gwalior, Chandigarh, Dehradun and Patna.

Two Rajdhani Express, i.e., Trivandrum Rajdhani and Madgaon Rajdhani connect Madgaon Junction with Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi along with other trains like Mangala Lakshadweep Express, Kerala SamparkaKranti and Goa Express.

Many trains like Konkan Kanya Express, Mandovi Express, Matsyagandha Express, Netravati Express connect Madgaon to Mumbai.

Lines

The South Western Railway's Guntakal-Vasco da Gama section and the Konkan Railway from Mumbai, Maharashtra to Mangalore, Karnataka pass through this junction.

References

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