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Overview of Maddur Railway Station – MAD

Maddur town is located on the bank of the Shimsha River in Karnataka’s Mandya district. Known for its tender coconut cultivation, Maddur dispatches 300 trucks of coconuts every day to Punjab, Maharashtra and West Bengal. It is called the tender coconut capital of India.

Maddur Railway Station (station code MAD) of the South Western Railway is located in the Bangalore division. Its neighbourhood stations are Nidaghatta and Hanakere. It has three platforms and at least 19 trains operate from the station with seven express trains stopping at the station. Maddur is connected by daily trains to places like Mysore, Yesvantpur, Bangalore, Chamarajanagara, Tirupati, Chennai, Tuticorin, Rameswaram, and Hubli.

Facilities at Maddur Station –

Maddur Railway Station has the passenger facilities like ticket booking counters, railway inquiry counter, tea stall, refreshment stalls, drinking water and toilets.

Restaurants near the Maddur Station –

The restaurants near the Maddur Railway Station include Cafe Coffee Day, Tharunya Bakery, Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara Tiffins and Sweets, Manoj Bakery, Byraveswara Bakery, Raju Bakery, Nanjundeswari Bakery, Manasa Bakery, Bangalore Bakery, Sri Durgaparameshwari Bakery, and Sukasagara Bakery.

The Special Dish from Maddur –

Maddur vada is named after the town. Onions and rava bring to Maddur vada its distinctive taste and flavour. Its ingredients include rice flour, maida, semolina, curry leaves, sliced onion, grated coconut and asafoetida. The ingredients are sauté in oil and made into soft dough by adding water. A small amount of dough is patted into a vada and is deep fried to golden-brown colour and is famous in the entire country.

Trains Passing through Maddur Railway Station (MAD) –

Train No. Train Name Arr. Time Dep. Time
Kaveri Express
05:09
05:10
KAVERI EXPRESS
21:29
21:30
Chamundi Express
07:49
07:50
Chamundi Express
19:33
19:35
Kaveri Express(MYS-MAS)
21:33
21:35
Kaveri Express(MAS-MYS)
05:28
05:30
Mysore – Mayiladuthurai Express
16:54
16:55
Tuticorin- Mysore Express
08:14
08:15
Mysore-Tuticorin Express
18:43
18:45
Gol Gumbaz Express
16:29
16:30
Gol Gumbaz Express
09:29
09:30
Bangalore Mysore Rajya Rani Express(SBC-MYS)
09:26
09:28
Mysore-Yeshvantapur Express(MYS-YPR)
14:33
14:35
Yeshvantapur-Mysore Express(YPR-MYS)
11:43
11:45
Hampi Express
07:44
07:45
Hampi Express
19:39
19:40
Tuticorin Mysore Express(TN-MYS)
08:18
08:20
Mysore-Tuticorin Express(MYS-TN)
18:58
18:59
Mysore Yesvantpur Express(MYS-YPR)
13:16
13:18
Yesvantpur Mysore Express(YPR-MYS)
12:52
12:54
Basava Express
14:29
14:30
Basava Express
12:24
12:25
Chamarajanagar-Tirupati Fast Passenger
18:14
18:15
Tirupati-Chamarajanagar Fast Passenger
08:53
08:55