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.

The tea stall at Payyanur railway station, a landmark for decades, is being demolished as part of the Amrit Bharat scheme to modernize the station. It was started before India's independence and served as a gathering spot for travelers. While the tea stall will be rebuilt elsewhere, its history and atmosphere...
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will be lost. The stall was initially run by K.V. Govindan Nambiar, a relative of former Kerala Minister M.V. Raghavan. After his death, his wife and daughter continued the business. The current owners, T.P. Prakashan and T.P. Dinesh, will relocate the stall to a new location.

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.

Due to landslides on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat section, the South Western Railway has canceled all train services on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru sector for three days, starting July 27th. This includes several trains like the KSR Bengaluru-Kannur Express, KSR Bengaluru-Karwar Panchaganga Express, SMVT Bengaluru-Murdeshwar Express, and Vijayapura-Mangaluru Central Special Express. ...
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The cancellations are due to the time needed for track restoration work. The landslides occurred on Friday, July 26th, following heavy rains in the Ghat region.

On Friday, July 26, 2024, a landslide occurred between Yadakumari and Kadagaravalli on the Western Ghats section of the South Western Railway, disrupting train services between Karwar-Mangaluru and Bengaluru. Train No. 06568 Karwar – SMVT Bengaluru Special Express was canceled, and seven other trains were diverted. The diverted trains include: Train...
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No. 16595 KSR Bengaluru – Karwar Panchaganga Super-Fast Express, Train No. 07378 Mangaluru Central – Vijayapura Special Express, Train No. 16586 Murdeshwar – SMVT Bengaluru Express, Train No. 16512 Kannur – KSR Bengaluru Express, Train No. 16596 Karwar – KSR Bengaluru Panchaganga Super-Fast Express, Train No. 16511 KSR Bengaluru – Kannur Express, and Train No. 16585 SMVT Bengaluru – Murdeshwar Express. Senior railway officials are monitoring the situation closely, and restoration work is underway.