HON'BLE MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS SHRI SURESH PRABHU LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR PROPOSED KHAREPATAN STATION
With the announcement of proposed Kharepatan Station on the KR Route, the dream of the people staying in and around Kharepatan as well as surrounding areas will be fulfilled with the laying of Foundation Stone for the same by the Hon'ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu. This was a long cherished dream of the people in Konkan Region.
KONKAN RAILWAY NOMINATES KEY CUSTOMER RELATION MANAGERS TO LIAISON WITH FREIGHT STAKEHOLDERS FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION
In order to strengthen the relationship and to have a better co-ordination for Business Augmentation, Konkan Railway has nominated the following Key Customer Relation Managers to liaison with its esteemed Freight Stakeholders :-
Sr.No
Key Customer
Relation Manager
Contact Nos.
Stakeholders
1
Chief Operations Manager, Navi Mumbai
022-27587390
com@konkanrailway.gov.in
REVISED PROVISIONS FOR RAIL TRAVEL OF ORTHOPAEDICALLY HANDICAPPED / PARAPLEGIC PERSONS / PATIENTS
Uptil now, Orthopaedically Handicapped, Paraplegic Persons / Patients who were availing Rail Travel Concessions, if found travelling alone without an Escort, which was mandatory, were treated as travelling without ticket and were being charged with penalty as per the applicable rules issued from Ministry of Railways.
KONKAN RAILWAY ORGANIZES "SANCHAAR DIWAS" AS PART OF "RAIL HAMSAFAR SAPTAAH"
In terms of the instructions received from Ministry of Railways, Konkan Railway is observing “Rail Hamsafar Saptaah” from 26th May to 1st June 2016.
RUNNING OF ADDITIONAL SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS ON KONKAN RAILWAY ROUTE
Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run an additional trips of Special Trains between Gandhidham – Tirunelveli – Gandhidham to clear extra rush of passengers of summer vacation in co-ordination with Western Railway. Details of train services are given as under :-
Train No. 09458/ 09457 Gandhidham – Tirunelveli – Gandhidham (weekly) :-
PERMANENT AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS
Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to augment Train No. 12617/ 12618 Ernakulam – Nizammuddin – Ernakulam Mangala Express with one AC 2 tier Coach on permanent basis. Details are as under :
1) Permanent augmentation of one AC 2 tier Coach to Train no. 12617 Ernakulam – Nizammuddin - Mangala Express w.e.f. 19.06.2016.
2) Permanent augmentation of one AC 2 tier Coach to Train no. 12618 Nizammuddin - Ernakulam Mangala Express w.e.f. 22.06.2016.
Passengers may avail the same.
RUNNING OF ADDITIONAL SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS ON KONKAN RAILWAY ROUTE
Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run an additional trips of Special Trains between Gandhidham – Tirunelveli – Gandhidham to clear extra rush of passengers of summer vacation in co-ordination with Western Railway. Details of train services are given as under :-
Train No. 09458/ 09457 Gandhidham – Tirunelveli – Gandhidham (weekly) :-
Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sevak Scheme
1st Dec, 2014
Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sevak Scheme
Konkan Railway has appointed JTBS (Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sevak) for booking of the current tickets in the city area itself. Passengers can take benefit of the JTBS counter opened at Savarda, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Sawantwadi, Madgaon and Surathkal towns over Konkan Railway route.
Passengers can book the current tickets from these JTBS locations upto 3 days in advance excluding date of journey.
RUNNING OF SPECIAL TRAINS ON KONKAN RAILWAY
02nd December, 2014
RUNNING OF SPECIAL TRAINS ON KONKAN RAILWAY
Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run following Super fast premium express special trains on Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers in co-ordination with Northern Railway. The details are as under :-
1) Train no. 04430 / 04429 Nizamuddin – Madgaon – Nizamuddin Super fast Premium Express Special
Unreserved Special train for Mahaparinirvan Divas
28/11/2014
Unreserved Special train for Mahaparinirvan Divas
It has been decided to run unreserved special train between Madgaon / Ratnagiri – Mumbai CST- Ratnagiri/ Madgaon to clear extra rush of passengers during Mahaparinirvan Divas in co-ordination with Central Railway. The details are as below:
A) Madgaon – Mumbai CST – Madgaon
Train No. 00112 Madgaon – CSTM will be run on 05/12/2014 and train No. 00111 CSTM – Madgaon will be run on 07/12/2014.