Dudhsagar railway trek (with overnight stay)

Dudhsagar railway trek (with overnight stay)

Alright, so I just got back from doing the railway trek in Dudhsagar. The information here seemed to be a little scattered and so I thought to consolidate it in a post.

This is to reach Dudhsagar by walk, along the railway track.

Getting there
To start things off, you have to reach Castlerock. I arrived at Londa and from here there are trains to castlerock. There are two trains one at 8.40am and the other at 10.30am.

From Castlerock, you can walk. Just follow the track all the way to Dudhsagar. The total distance is around 12km. You will go through a number of tunnels (12 tunnels I think). If you are lucky you can hitch a ride on the goods train just for fun. Talk to the driver / guy at the tail end of the train and you can hitch a ride. There are no timings as such for goods trains (as far as I know) so you have to rely on luck. If it stops during the train signalling, you can hop on.

Staying there
There are a couple of abandoned buildings in that place. Both of them some kind of houses, which are mostly open. You can setup tents over there. You may be able to sleep within the rooms with only a sleeping bag, but I won't recommend this because : it's dirty, there are monkeys around. But then again, the locals there slept in the room, so it's definitely possible. I went there with tents.

Getting back
There is one train in the morning at 9.00am - 9.15am from Dudhsagar towards Castlerock / Londa. The next train is at 5.00pm in the evening and after that nothing but goods train, so make sure you don't miss it. The other option is to head towards Kulem/Vasco (14km along railway track) and from there take trains if you have the time. The train to Kulem is at 10.30am. I believe there is another train which goes to Kolhapur, but I forgot its timimgs.

Some other info
- If you are staying overnight there, make sure you have a good group. It is quite a remote place so take care.
- There are no stalls, no shops over there. Just abandoned buildings and water. Make sure to get food.
- There's a viewpoint about 2km from the Dudhsagar point further along the railways. It might be worth it if you have the time. You can also see this if you take the train to Kulem.
- There were not too many leeches, but there was one attached to me and one more on my friend. So, bring what is needed like salt, etc
- Londa and Kulem seem to be the main connecting stations in this trek. Major destinations such as Bangalore, Hubli, Pune, Kolhapur, Vasco can be reached from one of these stations either directly or through connecting trains.

All in all, really worth it. Especially as a monsoon trek.

Nice info..as per my knowledge distance between castle rock and Dhoodsagar waterfall is more than 12kms.
Any idea of staying options at Castle Rock?

i went to doodsagar 2 days before, may be u saw me there lol..


another way of reaching there is through the forest from corlem railway station

to do that u will have to ride upto corlem where u will find motorcyce group boys who will take u to the falls for 500 rs. u cannot go there on your own through this route because it goes through the forests.

the route is an adventure as it goes through small ridges and lots of water... what an amazing drive

it was very tiring too because at the end u'll ve to walk... for around 20 minutes..

but if i ve to go again i will go through railway track i m sure there r trains stopping there.

ps: one can easily stay overtnight at the old house n even the railway station is fine...

I don't know about that exactly. I think I heard something about it, but didn't follow it up.

Do any express trains stop at Dudhsagar falls railway station or any where close to it? We want to save some energy not trek from Castlerock, instead trek to Kulem after seeing the falls.

The poster has already mentioned about trains in the post.

My query is about trains stopping right at falls (Dudh Sagar Rly Station). Do they stop?

Did you try indiarailinfo?

Its precisely 14 kms from Castle Rock to Doodhsagar

Yes most of the trains stop, you could also get onto a goods train

There isn't any official information about the trains stopping at doodhsagar, but most of the trains stop there for 1 minute. The station master is quite friendly and ensures all have got on the train before it leaves(there will be a huge crowd trying to get on the train within 1 minute).

Please don't advice doing things that are dangerous and illegal.

Thanks, valuable info for me!! appreciate it

Just returned from an amazing dudhsagar and goa trip.....Yes, the express and passenger trains do stop at Dudhsagar Rly Station for a very brief moment for the passengers to get down and board. Offcourse this is not a official stop and not mentioned anywhere. Falls from Railway station are a kilometer away. However after visiting the falls one has to come back to DS station to catch any goods or passenger trains as per schedule to proceed to their next destination.

otino, lovely piece of information on Dudhsagar. Thanks.

Ronak.