Kundapura railway station

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Kundapura railway station
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General information
Coordinates 13°36′48″N74°43′43″E / 13.6133°N 74.7287°E / 13.6133; 74.7287
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Konkan Railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeKUDA
History
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways Following station
Senapura
towards ?
Konkan Railway Barkur
towards ?
Location
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Kundapura
Location within Karnataka

Kundapura railway station is a station on Konkan Railway Which connects the Kundapur City to other cities of the country like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Mysore, Chennai,Trivandrum, Cochin etc. This station connects between two city Udupi and Bhatkal. It's pilgrim important railway station connects Kollur Mookambika Temple and Aanegudde Vinayaka temple . It's very much used by Kerala pilgrims as this station makes pilgrim reach Kollur faster than any other stations. It is at a distance of 660.000 km (410.1 mi) down from origin. The preceding station on the line is Senapura railway station and the next station is Barkur railway station. [1]

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References

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