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The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi and Mangalore. During its initial years of operation in the mountainous Konkan region, a number of accidents ...
At 6.10am, the Matsyagandha Express passenger train, transporting commuters between Mangalore and Mumbai, was on a section of the Konkan Railway line between Veer and Karanjadi, when the engine ran headlong into the debris of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains, which had collapsed part of a hillside across the track, crushing steel nets put there to prevent such a fall.
The on-board train protection device, the first device designed by Konkan Railway with their technical partner Kernex Microsystems (I) Ltd, was installed throughout the Indian Railway network. A new ACD Version-II, now called the Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), is under development by The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO).
As on 31 March 2024, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) which operates and maintains Konkan Railway (KR) railway line length of 738.941 Kilometre from Roha to Thokur. 381.81 Kilometre in the state of Maharashtra, 106 in Goa and 251.76 Kilometre in the state of Karnataka It has total seventy two (72) railway stations out of which sixty eight (68) are crossing stations and four (4) are ...
Thokur railway station is the last station under the jurisdiction of Konkan Railway towards Mangalore. [1] It serves the village of Thokur, near Pejavara in the Mangalore district of Karnataka, India. It falls under the Karwar railway region of the Konkan Railway. It is south of Surathkal railway station and north of Jokatte railway station.
The Skybus Metro was a prototype suspended railway system by Indian technologist B. Rajaram with the BEML [1] and Konkan Railway [2] which is patented by the Indian Railways. [3] The system consisted of an elevated track with the cars suspended below, similar to the Wuppertal Schwebebahn or H-Bahn systems in Germany.
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The headquarters of the South-Western Railway division of Indian Railways is located at Hubballi and this division governs most of the railway network in the state. Konkan Railway which passes along the coastal region of the state is considered one of the toughest engineering projects being undertaken in India till date.