February 16th, 2010

Konkan Railways

The track is simply incredible and unforgettable. When traveling by train on a high embankment, you suddenly in a tunnel, over 3 km long. During the winter, a stream below, and during the summer, snakes of red earth. Passengers are obliged to breathe for a while, since nearly 50 above ground, the train descends into another tunnel, more than 6 kilometers long. It takes about 3 minutes and then transported by train. The picturesque beauty of the river Panval Scroll hypnotized.

The Konkan Railway, has prepared the largest rail project in the world over the past 5 decades. This rail project is around RS 2000 crore and connects with the coastal areas of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, the distinctive profile of the west coast of this subcontinent.

The network is expanding in the fast lane of the rate of 1,000 miles, the rail network Boribunder Thane began in 1853. In 1907, the broad gauge in the south and began gradually reached Mangalore.

In 1882, a survey was conducted on the remarkable estuaries, and during the monsoon rice fields were turned into lakes, making it very difficult for engineers. There is an endless chain of foothills of Western Ghats, where some Rivers to the Sea of Oman.

Since the year 1991 was 25,000 employees day and night on the rocks, which is in the Eastern Ghats and the Arabian Sea explosion. They face many problems such as breathing polluted air of underground mines face was calm harmful.

The entire west coast of the Indian subcontinent is subject to an artery, the National Highway 17th This road is completely damaged due to rain. The Konkan railway has become an important alternative to the intersection of this harness. The Konkan Railway, which stretches from Mumbai, a single line broad gauge, it moves in the regions between Roha and Manglore. This is a complete removal of the 750-km, including 382-km is in Maharashtra, 105-km in the state of Goa, and 263 km in the State of Karnataka.

No fewer than 53 stations on this line, the main stations Khed, Veer, Chiplun, Rajapur Road, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Goa, Udupi, Mapusa Road, Mangalore, among others. Konkan Railway has built a solid relationship with Kerala in southern Limburg. This rule applies to Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) and Kochi (Cochin).

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