Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu is concerned about the safety and security of its esteemed passengers. In order to strengthen the same, Konkan Railway Administration has now proposed to install CCTV Surveillance System at Seventeen Stations viz. Kolad, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Sawantwadi Road, Pernem, Karmali, Canacona, Karwar, Gokarna Road, Bhatkal, Udupi and Surathkal. At present, CCTV Surveillance System has already been installed at Thivim & Madgaon Stations.

Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu has announced and issued instructions to run 224 services during the ensuing Ganesh Festival for the convenience of esteemed passengers travelling to and fro Konkan Region on this festive occasion. Ganesh Festival is being celebrated in a grand scale in the Konkan Region and taking into account the hardships being faced by the people staying in Konkan Region, this decision was taken by the Hon’ble Minister to mitigate their inconvenience.

Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run Special Trains on Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers during Ganpati Festival in co-ordination with Western Railway.  The details are as under :-

1). Train no. 09416/09415  Ahmedabad – Madgaon – Ahmedabad

Hon’ble Minister for Railways Shri Suresh Prabhu had issued instructions to Konkan Railway to explore the possibility of serving ethnic food to the passengers travelling by various trains on Konkan Railway Route for their delight as also to promote local products of self employed groups. Konkan Railway traverses through Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka .

There was a demand from the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa for doubling of Konkan Railway track in Goa state. He also demanded suburban like services should be started connecting different stations of Konkan Railway in Goa State. He stressed the need for starting atleast one or two DEMU service without waiting for the doubling of the tracks. Taking this into account the Hon’ble Minister for Railways   Shri Suresh Prabhu had issued the instructions to Konkan Railway to look into the feasibility of introducing a DEMU service at the earliest.

KONKAN RAILWAY TO UPGRADE PASSENGER AMENITIES FOR ITS ESTEEMED PASSENGERS AT KUDAL RAILWAY STATION.

Taking into account the requirement of local passengers and specific request of Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Goa to Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Konkan Railway has decided to introduce DEMU services between Pernem and Karwar. The inaugural train will be flagged off by Shri Suresh Prabhu Hon’ble Minister for Railways on 08.08.2015 at 15.00 hrs from Pernem station. Regular service will commence from  10.08.2015. The details are as under :-

1) DEMU Train No. 70101/70102  Karwar – Pernem – Karwar

Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run following special trains on Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers during Ganpati Festival in co-ordination with Central Railway.  The details are as under :-

1) Train no. 01005/01006 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Madgaon – Lokmanya Tilak (T)           (Reserved Special)

Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run a Special Train between Madgaon and Gorakhpur to provide extra facility to passengers. Special train between Madgoan- Gorakhpur (Single Joourney) will run as per the  details given below  :-

Train no. 05048 Madgaon – Gorakhpur Special Express Train :-

Train no. 05048 Madgaon – Gorakhpur Special Express Train  will leave from Madgaon at 20.00 hrs on 08/12/2015 (Tuesday). The train will reach Gorakhpur at 19.30 hrs on Third day i.e. 10/12/2015.

It was a long cherished dream of passengers on Konkan Railway Route to have a Double Decker Train between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus & Madgaon  to cater for the extra rush in order to make the journey more comfortable.

AC Double Decker Express Train No. 11085 (Tri-weekly) will have AC Chair Car Coaches and will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on every Sunday, Wednesday and  Friday at  05:30 Hrs and will reach Madgaon at 17:30 Hrs on the same day.