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[[File:Jokatterailwaystation.jpg|thumb|right|Jokatte railway station, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka]]<br />
'''Jokatte railway station (JOKT)''' is in [[Dakshina Kannada district]] of [[Karnataka]] state, India. It was commissioned in January 2017 at the cost of Rupees Fifty crores.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/southern-railway-commissions-its-95th-railway-station-at-jokatte/articleshow/56876612.cms|title=Southern Railway commissions its 95th railway station at Jokatte|publisher=Times of India|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> It comes under Palakkad division of Southern railway zone under Indian Railways.It was conceived by K.H.Muniappa under UPA rule in 2012 and construction began in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=439026|title=New railway station at Jokatte, close to Mangaluru airport, ready to function|publisher=Daiji World|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> Jokatte railway station is four kilometre away from [[Mangaluru International Airport]]. It was constructed to ease train traffic on [[Panambur]] to Mangaluru Junction railway station.There has been demand to rename the railway station as Pejawara railway station as it near to Pejawara matha one of the Ashta matha's established by Shri Madhva Acharya<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/kenjaru-villagers-bat-for-pejawara-rly-station-801566.html|title=Kenjaru villagers bat for 'Pejawara Rly Station'<br />
|publisher=Deccan Herald, English daily newspaper|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/demand-to-rename-jokatte-railway-station/article23350176.ece|title=Demand to rename Jokatte railway station|publisher=The Hindu, English daily newspaper|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> The branch of another Ashta mathas of Udupi following Tulu Shivalli Madhva tradition [[Krishnapura Matha]] has a branch known as Mudai Matha/Moodai Math/Bailu Pejavara Mata beside Jokatte railway station which houses two Vrundavana's of Shri Vidyamurthi Teertharu 27th swamiji and Shri Vidya vallabha Theertaru 28th swamiji (yatigalu) in the lineage of Krishnapur matha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madhwayati.blogspot.com/2019/02/vidyavallabha-teertharu-bailupejavara.html|title=vidyavallabha teertharu bailupejavara matha krishnapura mutt yati 28 bhadrapada shukla saptami ವಿದ್ಯಾವಲ್ಲಭ ತೀರ್ಥರು|publisher=madhwayati.blogspot.com|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref><br />
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The union budget of 2024 has allocated Rupees fifty crores for doubling of railway tracks including signalling and telecommunications between Jokatte and [[Thokur railway station]] which are 1.98 kilometre apart. Thokur railway station is the southern most railway station under of Konkan Railway Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/union-budget-allocates-55-crore-for-mangaluru-railway-region-of-southern-railway/article67801017.ece|title=Union Budget allocates ₹55 crore for Mangaluru Railway Region of Southern Railway|publisher=The Hindu, English daily newspaper|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref><br />
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