Konkan route

Roha-Thokur
Route length:	760.125 km
Gauge :	1676 mm ( colonial track )
Legend (from Mumbai ) 0 Roha 12,916 Kolad Indapur 30,300 Mangaon Goregaon Road 46.885 Veer Sape wamane 62.785 Karanjadi 72,900 Vinhere 80.585 Diwankhavati 98.285 Khed 111.690 Anjani 127.877 Chiplun 203,600 Ratnagiri South Western Railway from Vasco da Gama 442,460 Madgaon South Western Railway to Londa (including further to Bangalore ) 501.021 Karwar 691,900 Udupi 738,440 Thokur (to Mangalore )

The Konkan Railway is a railway line opened in January 1998 between the Indian cities of Roha and Thokur , operated by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited , or KRCL for short . The route is part of the Mumbai - Mangalore route . The route with a length of 760 kilometers runs through the Indian states of Maharashtra , Goa and Karnataka .

The line is single-track and not electrified. There are alternative options at intervals of around 15 kilometers. There are only two branches in Goa along the entire length. In principle, the trains usually used on the route can travel at a top speed of 110 km / h outside of the rainy season - however, the average travel speed is significantly reduced due to the frequent waiting times at train crossings.

While most rail lines were built in the Indian subcontinent at the time of the British colonial administration, this railway line, which was built in 1998 under Indian leadership, is an exception. Construction and operation were first in India not Indian Railways one themselves but by public legal company. The KRCL is equally owned by the State of India and the states of Maharashtra , Goa , Karnataka and Kerala . The company works on the BOT (Built, Operate and Transfer) operator model , which means it built the route, is currently operating it and will later hand it over to Indian Railways.

One reason for the late construction is likely to be the route on the western slopes of the Western Ghats . Although this mountain range drops steeply and ruggedly into the sea from a height of 1000 m or more, most of the railway line runs at a height of only 25 m above sea level. In order to make this route possible, valleys were used wherever possible, which were connected with numerous tunnels. Only in the vicinity of Ratnagiri were high viaducts built to lead relatively high sections over gorges.

A rolling country road (RORO), with which trucks can avoid the parallel winding and steep national road NH17, is offered on the route.

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  Barkur train station

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  Karwar railway station

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  Bridge over the Zuari , Goa (1319 m)

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  RORO train

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Undertakings and other Organizations. Indian Railways, 2012, accessed June 2, 2015 . 

Web links

• Konkan Railway
• Route map