Madgaon Junction railway station

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.

Madgaon Junction
Express train and Passenger train station
LocationMadgaon, Goa
India
Coordinates15.2677°N 73.9711°E / 15.2677; 73.9711
Elevation8.852 metres (29.04 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byKonkan Railways
Line(s)Konkan Railway, South Western Railway (Guntakal-Vasco da Gama section)
Platforms4
Tracks8
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeMAO
Zone(s) Konkan Railways
Division(s) Karwar
ElectrifiedNo
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Konkan Railway
South Western Railway zone
Guntakal-Vasco da Gama section
Location
Madgaon Junction
Location within India
Madgaon Junction
Madgaon Junction (Goa)

The station offers free Wi-Fi.[1]

Administration

Madgaon junction 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, Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mangaluru, 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 Sampark Kranti and Goa Express.

Many trains including the Konkan Kanya Express, Mandovi Express, Matsyagandha Express, Netravati Express, Dadar Madgaon Jan Shatabdi 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

  1. "Govt launches free WiFi facility at 28 Konkan railway stations". The NEWS Minute. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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