It serves the pilgrims visiting famous Krishna Matha (Krishna Temple) at Udupi and the university town of Manipal, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south from the station and Udupi.

[2] The electric locomotive started from Thokur at 4 p.m. and reached Udupi at 6 p.m. On return journey the electric locomotive reached Thokur at 8 p.m. Udupi railway station has a multipurpose stall and refreshment stall on platform 1.

[3] The Udupi railway station has cashless facilities to help passengers not carrying cash (currency notes).

[4] As a part of initiative to become green, Udupi railway station has installed solar power generation of 7 kW out of station's requirement of 48 kW on 5 June 2016.

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