Madgaon Junction railway station explained

Madgaon Junction Railway Station
Type:Express train and Passenger train station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Madgaon, Goa
Country:India
Coordinates:15.2677°N 73.9711°W
Elevation:8.852m (29.042feet)
Line:Konkan Railway,South Western Railway (Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section)
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:6 (platform 5 and 6 under construction)
Tracks:8
Parking:Available
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Konkan Railway
Status:Functioning
Map State:collapsed
Map Type:India#India Goa
Map Dot Label:Madgaon Junction
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Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map

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.

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, 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, 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.