PRESS NOTE – No.2

Arrangements made by Konkan Railway

Konkan Railway has made arrangements of Breakfast, Tea, Coffee, lunch and drinking water for passengers of Train no. 12223 LTT-Ernakulam Duronto Express.

Passengers of the affected train are being shifted through unaffected coaches of the same train, through DMU, and buses have also been arranged to shift passengers.

PRESS NOTE – No. 3

Position of Trains on Konkan Railway route

The position of trains on the route are as below :

Following trains are short terminated:

1) 70102 Karwar – Madgapm of 03/05/2015 short terminated at Loliem.
2) 22636 Mangalore-Madgaon of 03/05/2015 terminated at Karwar.

Following trains will be Diverted :

PRESS NOTE – No. 4

UPDATE ON TRAIN DERAILMENT

As a special gesture to the stranded passengers of Train no. 12133 CSTM-Mangalore Exp, which was partially cancelled at Madgaon station in Down direction, Konkan Railway has arranged for full refund of fare to the passengers rather than partial refund as per extant rules for the untravelled portion of the journey

PRESS NOTE – No. 5

RE-RAILMENT WORK AT SITE

Konkan Railway officials are working on war footing at the affected site for bringing about an early restoration. As many as 155 labour and about a hundred KR officials, including Director (Operating & Commercial) – Shri Sanjay Gupta – and the Principal Chief Engineer – Shri Rajesh Agarwal, are at the site to attend to re-railment of coaches and restoration of the track under the guidance of Chairman & Managing Director of KRCL, Shri Bhanu Prakash Tayal.

PRESS NOTE – No. 6

TRAIN POSITION

The following trains are cancelled :

1) Train no. 56640 Mangalore-Madgaon of 4/5/2015.
2) Train no. 12224 Ernakulam-LTT Duronto Exp of 3/5/2015
3) Train no. 10216 Ernakulam-Madgaon of 4/5/2015

Special train will be run between Karwar and Mangalore on the path of Train no. 22635 Madgaon-Mangalore Intercity Express on 3/5/2015.

Inconvenience caused to the passengers is highly regretted..

PRESS RELEASE – No. 7

TRAIN SERVICES RESTORED ON KONKAN RAILWAY ROUTE

The train services on Konkan Railway route, which were partially disrupted following derailment of 10 coaches of Train no. 12223 LTT-Ernakulam Duronto Express South of Madgaon, near Balli station on 3/5/2015, have been restored at 0205 hrs today. The 10 derailed coaches were re-railed at 2310 hrs followed by clearance of the track and the Track Fit Certificate was given at 0205 hrs. A light engine will be passed through the affected site first.

PRESS NOTE

TRAIN SERVICES RESUMED ON ROUTE

Train services have resumed on Konkan Railway route. After the Track Fit Certificate was given at 0205 hrs this morning, a light engine was successfully passed at the site at 0410 hrs. Thereafter, first passenger train to pass the site was 12618 Mangala Exp at 0500 hrs. This was followed by 12620 Matsyangandha Exp.

Good news to esteemed passengers ! It has been decided to run following Additional Summer Special Trains on Konkan Railway Route to clear extra rush of passengers  in co-ordination with Central Railway.  The details are as under :-

1) Train No. 01005/01006 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Madgaon – Lokmanya Tilak (T)       (Tatkal Special)

Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to permanently augment Train no. 16338/16337 Ernakulam – Okha – Ernakulam Express with one 2-tier AC coach with immediate effect.

Passengers may kindly avail the same.

Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to permanently augment the following trains with one Second class Sleepar  coach as per the details given below.