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. Image File history File links KRLogo. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... Limited can refer to: A private limited company by shares, a specific kind of limited company in Commonwealth of Nations commercial law; often used as a suffix (Mycompany, Limited or ); formerly used for all limited companies. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Navi Mumbai (Marathi: नवी मुंबई) (erstwhile: New Bombay) is a satellite twin of the city of Mumbai, India. ... Maharashtra   (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , English: , IPA: ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Goa   (Konkani: गोंय goṃya; Marathi: गोवा govā; Portuguese: Goa) is Indias smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population (after Sikkim, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh). ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल), abbreviated as IR, is the state-owned railway company of India. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल), abbreviated as IR, is the state-owned railway company of India. ... A typical view of the Konkan, consisting of white-sand beaches and palm trees (mostly coconut and betel nut). ...

History

Till Konkan Railway started its operations, the two important port cities Mangalore and Mumbai were not directly connected by railway network. Even though, due to economic reasons, there was a strong need to connect these two cities, the region through which the railway track passed through was geographically very tough and would be an engineering challenge. It has been suggested that Kudla be merged into this article or section. ... “Bombay” redirects here. ...

Due to the uneven terrain of the region, railway lines were not laid for many years. Although the brainchild of veteran parliamentarian from Ratnagiri, the late Moropant Joshi, national leaders such as Madhu Dandavate and George Fernandes, who hailed from Konkan, played a major role in the conception of Konkan Railway. 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 left-out 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 around which it runs. Madhu Dandavate (21 January 1924 - 12 November 2005) was an Indian politician. ... George Fernandes (born 3 June 1930) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. ...

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. 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). 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. CBD Belapur flyover , CGO , RBI and CIDCO offices on right side CBD Belapur is a node of Navi Mumbai, with a fairly vibrant Central Business District that is moving some of the economy out of congested central Mumbai into the hinterland. ... Navi Mumbai (Marathi: नवी मुंबई) (erstwhile: New Bombay) is a satellite twin of the city of Mumbai, India. ... Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (b. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... Roha is a small town 120 KM south east of Bombay (Mumbai), India. ... It has been suggested that Kudla be merged into this article or section. ...

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. 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 Mangalooru).Surathkal can be considered as the southernmost station on Konkan railway as trains do not officially halt at Thokur. Ratnagiri is a city in India, located in the southwestern part of Maharashtra State on the Arabian Sea coast, in the Ratnagiri district. ... Maharashtra   (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , English: , IPA: ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Rabindranath Tagore Beach, Karwar Karwar Evening Karwar (Kannada: ಕಾರವಾರ)is a small seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Roha is a small town 120 KM south east of Bombay (Mumbai), India. ... Sawantwadi (Marathi: सावंतवाडी) is a town in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. ... Pernem is an administrative region or district in north Goa. ... 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. ... It has been suggested that Kudla be merged into this article or section. ... Surathkal is a place in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India Surathkal Railway Station Surathkal is home to one of Indias best technical institutes - the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC). ...

Route

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. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (773x1109, 114 KB) From KR website This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (773x1109, 114 KB) From KR website This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Map of the Arabian Sea. ...

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. ... Margao (मडगांव), is also called Madgaon, Margaon and Margão. ...

Scene taken from Matsyaganda Train Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1632x1232, 430 KB) Headline text This is a picture I took of the ancient Stave Kirke or church File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Matsyaganda Express (2619 ) at Diwanakhawati station Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 1. ... Matsyaganda Express is name of the train running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Kurla, Mumbai) to Mangaluru on daily basis. ...

Important Trains on the Konkan Railway

• Dadar (Mumbai) - Madgaon Janshatabdi Express (2051 Dn/2052 Up) - the fastest of them all
• Thiruvananthapuram - Hazrat Nizamuddin (Delhi) Rajdhani Express (2431 Up/2432 Dn)
• Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai) - Mangalore Matsyaganda Express (2619 Dn/2620 Up)
• Mumbai CST-Madgaon Konkankanya Express (KR 0111 Dn/ KR 0112 Up)
• Mumbai CST-Madgaon Mandovi Express (KR 0103 Dn/ KR 0104 Up)
• Lokmanya Tilak Terminus(Mumbai) - Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express (6345 Dn/6346 Up)
• Ernakulam Jn - Hazrat Nizamuddin (Delhi) - Mangala Lakshadweep Express (2617 Up/2618 Dn)

Matsyaganda Express is name of the train running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Kurla, Mumbai) to Mangaluru on daily basis. ...

External links

• Konkan Railway Photos from Himanshu Sarpotdar
• Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. Official Website
• Konkan Railway - The Net Resource Centre - A Historical and Archive Store for the Rail Enthusiast
• Indian Railway website