Seven railway stations in India have achieved a revenue of over 10 billion rupees, with New Delhi station topping the list with 33.37 billion rupees. The Howrah station follows with 16.92 billion rupees and Chennai Central at 12.99 billion rupees. Chennai is also included in the list from the...
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Southern Railway. This information is based on the passenger revenue figures for 2023-2024 released by Indian Railways. The top eight stations in Kerala are also seeing an increase in revenue, with Thiruvananthapuram leading with 281.12 crore rupees. Thane (Mumbai) boasts the highest number of passengers with 93.06 crore, followed by Mumbai Kalyan at 83.79 crore and New Delhi at 39.36 crore. Thiruvananthapuram recorded 1.31 crore passengers. India has 28 stations in the highest group, Non-Suburban Group-1 (NSG-1), considering both passenger numbers and revenue. Central Railway, including Mumbai, has the most stations in this group with eight, followed by Southern Railway with three (Chennai, Egmore, and Tambaram). There are no Kerala stations in this group. Six stations that were in NSG-2 in 2017-2018 have now moved up to NSG-1.

Karnataka has 24 railway stations categorized based on passenger earnings and outgoing passengers. KSR Bengaluru is the busiest, classified as NSG1, handling over 2 crore passengers and earning over Rs 500 crore. Mysuru, Yeshwantpur, Hubballi, SMVT Bengaluru, Mangaluru Central, and Kalaburagi are classified as NSG2, handling 1 to 2 crore...
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passengers and earning Rs 100 crore to Rs 500 crore. Another 17 stations in Karnataka are categorized as NSG3, handling 50 lakh to 1 crore passengers and earning Rs 20 crore to Rs 100 crore.

To manage the extra passenger rush during Ganpati Festival 2024, an unreserved special train will run between Mumbai CSMT and Kudal. The train, numbered 01103/01104, will operate on September 4th and 6th from Mumbai CSMT, reaching Kudal the next day at 3:30 am. The return journey, train 01104, will depart from...
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Kudal at 4:30 am on September 5th and 7th, arriving at Mumbai CSMT at 4:40 pm on the same day. The train will make stops at Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Pen, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Kamathe, Sawarda, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, and Sindhudurg. The train consists of 20 coaches, including 14 general unreserved, 4 sleeper, and 2 SLR coaches. For detailed timings and stops, visit www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in or use the NTES App.

On Saturday, passengers on the Mangaluru Central-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express were surprised to find their train replaced with five ICF coaches hauled by a conventional electric locomotive. The original Vande Bharat Express rake, owned by Southern Railway, was reported 'sick' upon its arrival in Mangaluru Central on Friday night. To...
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avoid inconveniencing passengers who had booked seats, Southern Railway arranged a replacement rake with ICF coaches. The original Vande Bharat Express, an eight-car rake with 560 seats, was replaced with a rake of three 3-Tier AC and one 2-Tier AC coaches, totalling 238 seats. Southern Railway issued 'lower class travel' certificates to passengers to compensate for the difference in fare, and passengers who wish to get a refund must file a ticket deposit receipt (TDR) form. The original VB rake is expected to be operational by Sunday.

Landslides between Ballupete and Sakleshpur stations on August 10th disrupted train services on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru route. Two trains were affected, the Yeshwantpur-Karwar train was partially cancelled, and the Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwantpur train was terminated at Sakleshpur. South Western Railway (SWR) arranged bus services for affected passengers and cancelled 12 train services scheduled...
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for August 17th, 18th, and 19th. The cancelled trains include 16585, 16586, 16595, 16596, 16511, 16512, 16539, 16540, 07377, 07378, 16575, and 16576. Track restoration will take at least 48 hours. The Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway has also been severely impacted by multiple landslides in recent weeks.