Madgaon Junction railway station

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Madgaon Junction Railway Station
Express train and Passenger train station
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General information
Location Madgaon, Goa
India
Coordinates 15°16′04″N73°58′16″E / 15.2677°N 73.9711°E / 15.2677; 73.9711
Elevation8.852 metres (29.04 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Konkan Railway
Line(s) Konkan Railway, South Western Railway (Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section)
Platforms6 (platform 5 and 6 under construction)
Tracks8
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeMAO
Zone(s) Konkan Railways
Division(s) Karwar Tooltip Karwar railway division
History
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways Following station
Suravali
towards Roha
Konkan Railway Balli
towards Thokur
Suravali
towards ?
South Western Railway zone Sanjuje Da Arey
towards ?
Location
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Madgaon Junction
Location within India
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Madgaon Junction
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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, Goa and the Konkan Railway, in Madgaon, Goa, India. The station is progressing by getting electrified and double-tracked with the addition of new platforms.

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Administration

Madgaon Junction falls under Karwar railway division of Konkan Railway 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, Miraj, Hubli, Mangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi (Ernakulam Junction), Surat, Vadodara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Kota, Agra, Jhansi, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Gwalior, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Bhubaneswar, Udupi, Suratkal 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 Express and Goa Express.

Many trains including the Konkan Kanya Express, Mandovi Express, Matsyagandha Express, Netravati Express, Mumbai CSMT–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.

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