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Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.
Type Public Limited
Founded July 19, 1990
Headquarters Navi Mumbai
Area served Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka
Industry Railways
Parent Indian Railways
Website Konkan Railway

The Konkan Railway (Railway Symbol:KR) is a company of the Indian Railways which operates along the Konkan coast of India. Public is of or pertaining to the people relating to or affecting a nation state or community opposed to private; as the public treasury a road or lake Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Navi Mumbai ( Marathi: नवी मुंबई IAST: New Muṃbaī formerly known as New Bombay, is a city on the west coast of the state of India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ pronounced) is a state in the southern part of India For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. Indian Railways (भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail) abbreviated as IR (hi भारे is a Department of the Government of India under the Ministry A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Indian Railways (भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail) abbreviated as IR (hi भारे is a Department of the Government of India under the Ministry The Konkan (Marathi कोकण also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

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History

Until Konkan Railway started its operations, the two important port cities Mangalore and Mumbai were not directly connected by the railway network. Mangalore ( Kannada:, Mangalūru; Tulu: Kudla, ಕುಡ್ಲ Konkani: Kodial, ಕೊಡಿಯಾಲ್ Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial Even though economic reasons provided a strong need to connect these two cities, the region through which the railway track passed was geographically very tough and would be an engineering challenge.

Due to the uneven terrain of the region, railway lines were not laid for many years. Terrain, or relief, is the third or vertical dimension of land surface. Although the brainchild of veteran parliamentarian from Ratnagiri, Manohar Joshi, national leaders such as Madhu Dandavate and George Fernandes, who hailed from Konkan, played a major role in the conception of Konkan Railway. Madhu Dandavate ( 21 January, 1924 - 12 November, 2005) was an Indian Politician. George Fernandes (born June 3 1930 is a trade unionist agriculturist political activist journalist and currently a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. In October 1984, the Ministry of Railways decided to take a final location engineering-cum-traffic survey for the west coastal portion from Mangalore to Madgaon, which is a total distance of 325 km. In March 1985, the railways decided to extend the scope of their survey to include the omitted length of the west coast line extending from Madgaon to Roha. The Southern Railway was entrusted with this final location survey. They submitted the project report for this route to the Railway Ministry in 1988 and named it as the Konkan Railway after the coastline along which it runs.

It was constituted as a separately incorporated railway, with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai and E. Sreedharan as its first Chairman and Managing Director. CBD Belapur is the third most developed node of Navi Mumbai after Vashi and Nerul. Navi Mumbai ( Marathi: नवी मुंबई IAST: New Muṃbaī formerly known as New Bombay, is a city on the west coast of the state of Dr Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (b 12 June, 1932 in Palakkad district Kerala) is an Indian technocrat, known for completing By May 1999, the Konkan Railway had laid a 760km broad gauge route from Roha to Mangalore along the western coast of India (the Konkan region). Broad gauge Railways use a Rail gauge (distance between the rails greater than the Standard gauge of. Roha is a small town in Maharashtra state of India, 120 km south-east of Mumbai. Mangalore ( Kannada:, Mangalūru; Tulu: Kudla, ಕುಡ್ಲ Konkani: Kodial, ಕೊಡಿಯಾಲ್ This project was substantially completed by October 1997 when Mr. Sreedharan was asked to take up the responsibility of construction of the Delhi Metro Project. Recently Mr E Sreedharan was called in Pakistan for development of Lahore Metro plan. The Lahore Metro (In Urdu: will become the second Rapid mass transit system in the Pakistan, after Karachi Circular Railway. He also took active participation in implementing ACD (anti collision Detection)system.

Organisation

KR does not have divisions like the other Indian Railways; however, it has two regions with headquarters at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra and Karwar in Karnataka. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Ratnāgiri ( Marathi:रत्नागिरी is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Karwar ( Kannada: '''ಕಾರವಾರ''' Konkani / Marathi - कर्वार Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ pronounced) is a state in the southern part of India The Ratnagiri region extends from Roha to Sawantwadi, while the Karwar region extends from Pernem to Thokur (the latter being where Southern Railway begins, a few stations north of Mangalore). Roha is a small town in Maharashtra state of India, 120 km south-east of Mumbai. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Sawantwadi ( Marathi: सावंतवाडी (sometimes also written as "Sawantvadi" WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the taluk with the same name see Pernem taluk Pernem ( Konkani Thokur ( Thokuru or Thokooru in Tulu) is the name of two villages in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Southern Railway is the first Railway Zone to be created in independent India. Mangalore ( Kannada:, Mangalūru; Tulu: Kudla, ಕುಡ್ಲ Konkani: Kodial, ಕೊಡಿಯಾಲ್ Surathkal can be considered as the southernmost station on Konkan railway as trains do not officially halt at Thokur. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Surathkal ( Tulu: ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್) is a locality under the city corporation of

Route

Map of Konkan Railway
Map of Konkan Railway

The route is a single-line track, and is not electrified yet. It has been designed for high-speed traffic (160 km/h). It is open to goods and passenger traffic. The route, which runs parallel to the Arabian Sea coastline, offers some of the most spectacular views of any Indian rail journey. The Arabian Sea ( Arabic: بحر العرب transliterated: Baḥr al-'Arab Sanskrit: सिन्धु सागर transliterated:

Note: Although KR is currently single-line, KR and South Western Railway lines run parallel from Majorda to Madgaon, making that section a double-line. The South Western Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. Salcette taluk Margao ( Konkani: मडगांव is Goa 's second largest but busiest town the commercial capital of the state and the administrative headquarters

Scene taken from Matsyaganda Train

Matsyaganda Express (2619) at Diwanakhawati station

Barkur Railway station

Important Trains on the Konkan Railway

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Matsyaganda Express is a daily train running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ( Kurla, Mumbai) and Mangalore. Barkur is a Village in Udupi district of the Karnataka state in South India. Dadar (दादर is a Place in Mumbai, and has a Railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway on both the Western Railway Thiruvananthapuram ( Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം Tiruvanantapuraṁ) also known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ( station code=LTT) formerly known as Kurla Terminus ( station code=CLAT) is a Railhead in suburb of Mumbai Matsyaganda Express is a daily train running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ( Kurla, Mumbai) and Mangalore. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (छत्रपती शिवाजी टरमीनस formerly Victoria Terminus, and better known by its abbreviation CST or Bombay Konkan Kanya Express is an Indian Railways train running between Mumbai and Madgaon on the Konkan Railway route Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (छत्रपती शिवाजी टरमीनस formerly Victoria Terminus, and better known by its abbreviation CST or Bombay Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ( station code=LTT) formerly known as Kurla Terminus ( station code=CLAT) is a Railhead in suburb of Mumbai Netravati Express is an express train running between Trivandrum and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at Kurla in Bombay ( Mumbai) This article is about the town of Ernakulam See Ernakulam district. The Mangala Lakshadweep Express is a train running between Delhi and Ernakulam. Jaipur ( Hindi: जयपुर also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. This article is about the town of Ernakulam See Ernakulam district. The Marusagar Express is a Weekly Express train presently running between Jaipur to Ernakulam. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ( station code=LTT) formerly known as Kurla Terminus ( station code=CLAT) is a Railhead in suburb of Mumbai Konkan Railway Corporation ( KRC) is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways (IR Indian Railways (भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail) abbreviated as IR (hi भारे is a Department of the Government of India under the Ministry
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