KONKAN RAILWAY STARTS POSITIVE HEALTH INITIATIVE

FOR ITS EMPLOYEES

Earns goodwill of their family members

SPECIAL TRAINS ON KONKAN RLY ROUTE FOR HOLI FESTIVAL

Good news for passengers !! To cater to the rush of passengers going to Konkan region for Holi festival, it has been decided to run following special trains via Konkan Railway route.

1. Train no. 01001 / 01002 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) – Karmali – LTT (AC) Reserved special train :

Train no. 01001 will depart from LTT on 13/3/2014 and on 20/3/2014 at 0055 hrs and reach Karmali at 1100 hrs on same day.

SPECIAL TICKET CHECKING DRIVE ON KONKAN RLY TRAINS

A “Fortress Check” ticket checking drive was conducted by Konkan Railway officials in its Ratnagiri region yesterday to curb ticketless travel. The surprise check was conducted in 12619 Matsyagandha Express, 16345 Netravati Express, 50104 Ratnagiri-Dadar passenger train, 50105 Diva-Sawantwadi passenger train, and 50106 Sawantwadi -Diva passenger train.

INAUGURATION OF INTERCITY EXPRESS ON

KONKAN RLY ROUTE

A new daily train, namely, Train no. 22636 / 22635 Mangalore – Madgaon – Mangalore Superfast Intercity Express on Konkan Railway route, will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister for Railways on 23rd Feb, 2014. The Intercity Express will be flagged off by the Hon’ble Minister from Mangalore at 1530 hrs and will run as a special train on the inaugural day. The train will pick up its regular run from 24/2/2014.

 Increase frequency of trains

Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to increase frequency of train no. 12218/12217 Chandigarh – Kochuveli ‘Kerala Sampark Kranti’ Express from weekly to bi-weekly. w.e.f. 21/02/2014.

1)Train No. 12218 Chandigarh – Kocuveli Express, which was running only on Wednesday every week, will now run on Wednesday as well as Friday w.e.f. 21/02/2014.

2 2)Train No. 12217 Kocuveli – Chandigarh Express, which was running only on

Cancellation of Trains on Konkan Railway Route

As per message received from Southern Railway, the Holiday Special Weekly Train No. 09419 between Mangalore Jn. and Ahmedabad, has been cancelled on 09/01/2014 and 16/01/2014 due to operational reason.

Passengers may note the same.

KONKAN RAILWAY’S “SHIKSHA ABHIYAAN”

More than Eleven Thousand Villagers Reap Benefit

Unique RO-RO Service of Konkan Railway set to complete

15 yrs on Republic Day

Serves Truckers, Railways, & the Nation alike

The unique and innovative RO-RO (Roll-on Roll-off) service of Konkan Railway, being run by it on its route, will be completing 15 years of its successful operation on 26th January, 2014. It was on 26th January in 1999 that the service was first started by Konkan Railway on its route on an experimental basis.

KONKAN RAILWAY GOES GREEN

Adds more Bio-Toilets at its Stations

NEW LTT-KOCHUVELI TRAIN VIA KONKAN RAILWAY ROUTE

Good news for passengers !! The Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce a new bi-weekly Superfast express train between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Kochuveli. The inaugural train will be flagged off by Hon’ble Minister for Railways on 24/1/2014 at 1130 hrs from LTT as a special train. The regular service of the train will start from 27/1/2014.

Train no. 22113 will leave from LTT on every Tuesday and Saturday. Train no. 22114 will leave from Kochuveli every Thursday and Monday.