Margao stands as second largest populated city of India and cultural capital Of Goa. It is located around 33kms from Panjim from Vasco Da Gama its distance is 27kilomerters. It is also organizational headquarter of South Goa. Earlier it was popular by the name MathaGrama the name was influenced by a temple located there.
The starting settlement of Margao developed from the site of the antiquated Damodar Temple. The first sanctuary was annihilated and the sanctuary tank was topped off to be substituted by the Holy church along with its field. It is said that the god Damodar who is a manifestation of Lord Vishnu was passed by the Zuari River to the Novas Conquistas in which the Sonde Kings were located. Although the western side of the Church created as a commercial center, the settlement developed on the eastern side, which is, the Borda area, with the church in the middle and widened outwards.
Margao’s prominence as a supervisory and business region developed with the growing reliance of the encompassing villages and people; prompting the authoritative focus with the town at its midpointmade in the south. The market place got to be closed to it and was thus called maud-gao (midpoint of village), and from that point forward the city has developed towards the east. Goa was fused into the Indian Union In 1961 and margao was acknowledged as the directorial office of South Goa.
Margao Railway Station is most important station as it is a route intersection situated at the junction of the Konkan Railway and the South Western Railway. All trains stop at Margao as it is Goa’s biggest station. Henceforth it is utilized more usually as a travel stoppage instead of a visitor journey end by numerous persons who either take off down south to Palolemand Colva which are around six kilometers away and are most popular vacation spots.
Popular Food nearby Madgaon Railway Station –
People who visit here or Goa assemble at the particular market place of Margao to purchase spices and dried fish. The not to miss recipe of Margao holds special Cans of Curry, now also exported to other cities and countries like Portugal.
Sea food is very popular and delicious; multi cuisines, rice cakes, Goan recipes and many other luscious food and drinks are served.If you travelling through train or crossing Margao then also you can taste the delicious food served by the town, even if you are vegetarian then also there are many options available at station like pure veg dinning center, vegetarian thali from TravelKhana 08800-31-31-31.
Facilities at Madgaon Railway Station –
The spot is very popular tourist spot so station authorities are trying to providemore and more facilities to its visitors. It has waiting rooms for male and female, separate washrooms, lots of food stalls, online food ordering facility through TravelKhana, other than these all types of transport facilities are available. Even from the railway station trains are easily available for major cities of India.Options like Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Cochin and some more are easily accessible from here.
Trains Passing through Madgaon Railway Station (MAO) –
Train No. | Train Name | Arr. Time | Dep. Time |
112 | Madgaon – Mumbai LTT Special | origin | 12:30 |
1065 | CSTM ERS SPL | 02:15 | 02:25 |
2450 | NZM MAO AC EXP | 18:10 | destination |
2451 | Madgaon H. Nizamuddin AC Special | origin | 12:25 |
2455 | MAO NDLS AC SPL | origin | 21:30 |
2456 | NDLS MAO AC SPL | 11:30 | destination |
4014 | NDLS VSG SF SP | 10:50 | 11:15 |
4093 | KCVL NZM AC EXP | 18:25 | 18:35 |
4094 | NZM KCVL AC SPL | 02:15 | 02:25 |
4095 | MAO NZM AC SPL | origin | 18:35 |
4096 | New Delhi – Trivandrum AC Special | 04:00 | destination |
4429 | MAO-NZM PREMIUM SPL | origin | 20:00 |
4430 | NZM-MAO PREMIUM EXP SPL | 06:00 | destination |
4823 | BGKT ERS SPL | 16:00 | 16:10 |
6319 | NZM KCVL SF SPL | 02:15 | 02:25 |
6948 | UBL VSG LINK EXPRESS(UBL-VSG) | 05:40 | 05:45 |
9415 | MAO ADI SPECIAL | origin | 20:00 |
9419 | AHMEDABAD EXP | 03:50 | 04:00 |
10103 | Mandovi Express | 18:50 | destination |
10104 | Mandovi Express | origin | 09:15 |
10111 | Konkan Kanya Express | 10:45 | destination |
10112 | Konkan Kanya Express | origin | 18:00 |
10215 | Madgaon-Ernakulam Weekly SF Express | origin | 21:30 |
10216 | Ernakulam-Madgaon Weekly SF Express | 03:15 | destination |
11097 | Poorna SF Express (Via Belgaum) | 13:00 | 13:20 |
11098 | Poorna SF Express (Via Belgaum) | 13:40 | 14:25 |
12051 | Mumbai Madgaon Jan Shatabdi Express(CSTM-MAO) | 16:00 | destination |
12133 | Mumbai CST-Mangalore Junction Express | 07:00 | 07:10 |
12134 | Mangalore-Mumbai CST SF Express(MAJN-CSTM) | 21:04 | 21:50 |
12201 | Mumbai LTT-Kochuveli Garib Rath Express | 02:15 | 02:25 |
12202 | Kochuveli-Mumbai LTT Garib Rath Express | 01:20 | 01:30 |
12217 | Kerala Sampark Kranti Express | 01:20 | 01:30 |
12218 | Kerala Sampark Kranti Express | 20:55 | 21:05 |
12287 | Kochuveli – Dehradun SF Express | 01:20 | 01:30 |
12288 | Dehradun-Kochuveli Weekly SF Express | 22:10 | 22:20 |
12431 | Trivandrum Rajdhani Express(TVC-NZM) | 10:55 | 11:05 |
12432 | Hazrat Nizamuddin -Trivandrum Rajdhani Express | 14:35 | 14:45 |
12449 | Goa Sampark Kranti Express | origin | 11:20 |
12450 | Goa Sampark Kranti Express | 15:00 | destination |
12483 | Kochuveli-Amritsar Superfast Express | 02:10 | 02:20 |
12484 | Amritsar-Kochuveli Superfast Express | 22:15 | 22:25 |
12617 | Mangala Lakshadweep Express | 01:25 | 01:35 |
12618 | Mangala Lakshadweep Express | 20:30 | 20:40 |
12619 | Matsyagandha Express | 02:35 | 02:45 |
12620 | Matsyagandha Express | 19:05 | 19:15 |
12741 | Vasco – Patna SF Express | 18:40 | 19:00 |
12742 | Patna- Vasco Express | 08:40 | 09:00 |
12779 | Goa Express | 15:45 | 15:50 |
12780 | Goa Express | 05:40 | 05:45 |
12977 | Marusagar Express | 10:55 | 11:05 |
12978 | Marusagar Express | 14:35 | 14:45 |
12997 | Tirunelveli Hapa Superfast Express(TEN-HAPA) | 02:10 | 02:20 |
12998 | Hapa Tirunelveli SF Express(HAPA-TEN) | 22:15 | 22:25 |
16311 | Bikaner – Kochuveli Express | 09:20 | 09:30 |
16312 | Kochuveli-Bikaner Express | 11:30 | 11:40 |
16333 | Veraval-Thiruvananthapuram Express | 09:20 | 09:30 |
16334 | Thiruvananthapuram-Veraval Express | 11:30 | 11:40 |
16335 | Gandhidham Nagercoil Weekly Express | 09:20 | 09:30 |
16336 | Nagercoil – Gandhidham Express | 11:30 | 11:40 |
16337 | Okha-Ernakulam Express | 09:20 | 09:30 |
16338 | Ernakulam-Okha Express | 11:30 | 11:40 |
16345 | Netravati Express | 23:00 | 23:10 |
16346 | Netravati Express | 05:45 | 05:55 |
17309 | Yesvantpur Vasco da Gama Express | 05:15 | 05:20 |
17310 | Vasco da Gama-Yesvantpur Express | 21:20 | 21:25 |
17311 | Chennai Vasco Express | 11:55 | 12:00 |
17312 | Vasco-Chennai Express | 15:18 | 15:20 |
17315 | VELANKANNI EXPRESS(VSG-VLKN) | 09:30 | 09:35 |
17316 | VLKN VSG EXPRESS(VLKN-VSG) | 05:15 | 05:20 |
18047 | Amaravati Express | 13:55 | 14:00 |
18048 | Amaravati Express | 07:40 | 07:45 |
19259 | KCVL BVC EXPRESS(KCVL-BVC) | 11:30 | 11:40 |
19260 | BVC KCVL EXPRESS(BVC-KCVL) | 09:20 | 09:30 |
19261 | Kochuveli – Porbandar Weekly Express(KCVL-PBR) | 04:10 | 04:20 |
19262 | Porbandar – Kochuveli Weekly Express(PBR-KCVL) | 22:15 | 22:25 |
19577 | HAPA EXPRESS | 04:10 | 04:20 |
19578 | HAPA TEN EXPRES | 00:10 | 00:20 |
22113 | LTT KCVL EXPRES | 04:25 | 04:35 |
22114 | KCVL LTT SF EXP | 18:25 | 18:35 |
22149 | Ernakulam-Pune SF Express(ERS-PUNE) | 18:25 | 18:35 |
22150 | Pune-Ernakulam SF Express(PUNE-ERS) | 07:10 | 07:20 |
22475 | BKN CBE AC SF | 14:35 | 14:45 |
22476 | BIKANER AC EXP | 04:10 | 04:20 |
22629 | DADAR TEN EXP | 08:25 | 08:35 |
22633 | NIZAMUDDIN EXP | 08:00 | 08:10 |
22634 | NZM TVC SF EXP | 10:00 | 10:10 |
22907 | Madgaon – Hapa Express(MAO-HAPA) | origin | 07:15 |
22908 | Hapa – Madgaon Express(HAPA-MAO) | 05:30 | destination |
56640 | Mangalore-Madgaon Passenger | 13:30 | destination |
70102 | Karwar-Madgaon Passenger | 07:10 | destination |