Though there are no exact records to prove that the railway station was opened in 1907 and the first train services commenced the same year, if one goes by the foundation stone on a quaint little guard house at the northern-end of the railway bridge across the Netravathi which says "The last rivet was put in position and the bridge formally declared completed by H.E.

KCMG, GCIE, Governor of Madras on the 4th November 1907," one can conclude that the train services commenced somewhere around this time.

This broad gauge railway route was formed mainly for the transportation of world famous Mangalore tiles to Madras Harbour to be exported by ships.

No doubt, the first train services in the region opened a new chapter in the history of the area and paved way for much progress.

A few years later, in 1929, the Grand Trunk Express was introduced that ran for 104 hours through the length of the west coast, from Mangalore to Peshawar in Pakistan.

Apart from the Konkan Railway, even the Mangalore-Jammu Tavi Navyug Express is George Fernandes’s gift to his hometown Mangalore.

A metre-gauge railway track, built through the Western Ghats, connected Mangalore with Hassan.

Mangalore Central railway station is located at Old Kent road, Hampankatta.