Karnataka Railway Map

The state of Karnataka is home to an extensive railways network. The overall span of the railways network of Karnataka is 3089 km.

Karnataka Railway Network: An Overview
For an extensive period of time since the freedom of the country, the railway network of Karnataka was overseen by the Western Railways and Southern Railways. The headquarters of Western Railways are based in Mumbai and the head office of Southern Railways is located in Chennai.

In 2003, the formation of the South Western Zone satisfied a very old requirement of Karnataka. The headquarters of South Western Railways are situated in Hubli. The Southern Railways covers a number of areas of the state of Karnataka and the rest is covered by the Southwestern Railways.

The Konkan Railway Network connects the various shoreline areas of the state of Karnataka. This railway network is the result of a venture which is considered as a significant achievement by the engineers of India. The landmark constructions in this venture include the building of a bridge which is 6,637 feet (2,023 meters) long. This bridge lies on the Sharavathi River near Honnavar. In addition, a passageway has also been constructed near Karwar and the span of this passageway is 9,711 feet or 2,960 meters.

The capital city of Karnataka is Bangalore or Bengaluru. The city is comprehensively joined with various other places in the state. At the same time, it also enjoys connectivity with other major townships and cities in India. The railway network in the interiors of the state still requires a lot of development activities. Major railway stations in the state include Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Hubli, and Chamarajanagar. Mangalore is well connected to all the major cities in the state such as Mysore and Bengaluru. There are meter gauge railway lines connecting Talguppa with Shimoga and Chamarajanagar with Mysore.

A Jan Shatabdi Express has been launched in Karnataka. It connects Bengaluru with Hubli. This is the first of its kind in the country which is equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) supported Location Announcement Arrangement. With the help of this arrangement, the commuters get the exact information about the reaching to a station.

The Shatabdi Express trains are superfast trains and they connect Chennai with Bangalore and Mysore. Konkan Railway is an engineering wonder of the country. The railway features a bridge on the Sharavathi river near Honnavar with a span of 2023 meters and a passageway near Karwar with an end to end distance of 2960 meters.

List of Railway Stations in Karnataka with station codes
Given below is a list of the Railway Stations in Karnataka along with their station codes:

Station Name	Station Code	Station Name	Station Code	Station Name	Station code Station Code
Almatti	LMT	Castle Rock	CLR	Innanje	INJ
Alnavar Junction	LWR	Chamarajanagar	CMNR	Jambara	JMV
Ammasandra	AMSA	Channapatna	CPT	Jogidih	JGF
Ankola	ANKL	Chikballapur	CBP	Junnor Deo	JNO
Annigeri	NGR	Chikjajur Junction	JRU	Kankanadi	KNKD
Aravalli Road	AVRD	Chikodi Road	CKR	Karwar	KAWR
Arsikere Junction	ASK	Chintamani	CMY	Kolar	KQZ
Asnoti	AT	Chitradurg	CTA	Krishnarajapuram	KJM
Badami	BDM	Chitapur	CT	Kumta	KT
Bagalkot	BGK	Dandeli	DED	Kundapura	KUDA
Bagevadi Rd	BSRX	Davangere	DVG	Lachyan	LHN
Bamsin	BMSN	Dhareshwar	DRS	Loharwara	LHW
Banasandra	BSN	Dharnaoda	DHR	Londa Junction	LD
Bangalore Cantonment	BNC	Dharwar	DWR	Mahadevpara	MHDP
Bangalore City Junction	SBC	Ganagapur Road	GUR	Malkhaid Road	MQR
Bangalore East	BNCE	Garot	GOH	Malleswaram	MWM
Bangarapet	BWT	Gauribidanur	GBD	Malur	MLO
Bangarapet	BWY	Ghatprabha	GPB	Mandya	MYA
Bansipur	BSQP	Gokak Road	GKK	Mangalore Central	MAQ
Bantawala	BNTL	Gokarna Road	GOK	Manjeshwar	MJS
Barkur	BKJ	Gubbi	GBB	Marikuppam	MKM
Belgaum	BGM	Gulbarga	GR	Masur	MSR
Bellary Junction	BAY	Guledagudda Rd	GED	Matmari	MTU
Bellary Cantonment	BYC	Gadag Junction	GDG	Miyana	MYN
Belur	BEQ	Harihar	HRR	Mulki	MULK
Bhadravati	BDVT	Harwada	HAA	Munirabad	MRB
Bhalki	BHLK	Hassan	HAS	Murdeshwar	MRDW
Bhatkal	BTKL	Haveri	HVR	Mysore City Junction	MYS
Bhemswadi	BSWD	Hejjala	HJL	Nadauj	NDU
Bhimal	BIML	Hirdagarh	HRG	Naganahalli	NHY
Bidadi	BID	Hole Alur	HLAR	Nanjangud Town	NTW
Bidar	BIDR	Honnavar	HNA	Narayanpet Road	NRPD
Bijapur	BJP	Hosdurga Road	HSD	Navalur	NVU
Bijoor	BIJR	Hospet Junction	HPT	Netawal	NTWL
Birur Junction	RRB	Hubli	UBL	Pachhapur	PCH
Brahmavart	BRT	Indara Junction	IAA	Padubidri	PDD
Byadarahalli	BDRL	Indi Road	IDR	Palia	PLA
Pandavapura	PANP	Shivamogga	-	Udupi	UD
Puttur	PUT	Shrirangapatna	S	Ugar Khurd	UGR
Raichur	RC	Shrivagilu	SVGL	Ullal	ULL
Ramanagaram	RMGM	Sisvinhalli	SVHE	Unkal	UNK
Ranibennur	RNR	Sitimani	SII	Wadi	WADI
Raybag	RBG	Sivaganga	SVGA	Whitefield	WFD
Richha Road	RR	Subrahmanya Road	SBHR	Yadgir	YG
Sakleshpur	SKLR	Suladhal	SUL	Yelahanka Junction	YNK
Shedbal	SED	Surathkal	SL	Yeliyur	Y
Shimoga	SME	Talguppa	TLGP	Yesvantpur Junction	YPR
Shimoga Town	SMET	Thokur	TOK	Kulem	QLM
Shiroor	SHMI	Tiptur	TTR	Kadur	DRU
Tumkur	TK	Toranagallu	TNGL	Mangalore Junction	MAJN

The Bangalore Railway Station is the main railway station in the state of Karnataka. Regular train services are available to Chennai from here. You can also reach the well-known tourist destinations in South India by boarding any of the trains available from Bengaluru.

The South Western Railway Zone, headquartered in Hubli, covers the following areas:

Mangalore, an important port city on the western seashores of Karnataka. A part of the Southern Railway Zone, it falls under the Palghat division. The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. operates the western coast railway tracks. The symbols of South Western Railway and Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. are noticed on all the trains run by Konkan Railways. This might be a sign of a future unification of SWR with KR.


Last Updated on : January 10, 2015