Karwar railway station explained

Karwar
Type: Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:State Highway 6, Shirwad, Karwar, Karnataka
Country:India
Coordinates:14.8201°N 74.1826°W
Other:Auto stand
Elevation:11m (36feet)
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:2
Tracks:4
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:1994
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Status:Functioning
Operator:Karwar railway division
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Map State:collapsed

Karwar railway station is one of the main railway station in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. Its code is KAWR. It is the headquarters of the Karwar Division of Konkan Railway (Pernem–Thokur). It serves Karwar city. The station consists of two platforms. Karwar has three nearby railway stations: Karwar, and .[1] [2] [3] [4] A 1.692NaN2 railway bridge on Kali River falls before Karwar Railway Station while travelling from the side of Goa. The town of Karwar is situated beside Kali River.

Karwar is connected by Konkan Railway which connects Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ajmer, Jaipur, Mysuru, Rajkot, Ernakulam, Indore, Bhopal, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Ratlam, Madurai,. HubliAnkola railway line is proposed to link Karwar Port and the northern Karnataka as well as HonnavarTalaguppa railway line.

However, the Save Konkan Ecology Forum (SKEF) is strictly & violently opposing HubliAnkola railway line & HonnavarTalaguppa railway line projects, citing concerns regarding destruction & disruption of ecology, environment, forest, animals, flora & fauna of Ankola Forest & Talguppa Forest regions. Karwar is just 60.842NaN2 away from Madgaon in Goa.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sanjay Gupta takes over as in-charge CMD of Konkan Railway. Times of India. Jaideep. Shenoy. 25 November 2015.
  2. Web site: Work of double-track in Konkan railways to begin from Oct 31. Mid-Day. 15 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Karwar-Madgaon DEMU till Pernem. The Hindu. 9 August 2015.
  4. Konkan Railway Proposes CCTV Surveillance System at Seventeen Stations on its Route. Konkan Railway. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324012531/http://konkanrailway.com/english/konkan-railway-proposes-cctv-surveillance-system-at-seventeen-stations-on-its-route/. 2016-03-24.