Undertaking activities under the Rail Yatri/Upbhokta Pakhwada (Rail Passenger and Customer Facilitation Fortnight) which is being observed by all the zonal railways from 26th May to 9th June, 2015, Konkan Railway has launched its “Celebration of 25 Years of Sadar Seva”. With its Motto as ‘Sadar Seva’, Konkan Railway is scaling new heights in areas of passenger care and satisfaction as it celebrates its Silver Jubilee this year on 15th October. To commemorate the occasion, an Action Plan booklet was also released by Shri B P Tayal, CMD/KRCL, for compliance by all the employees of KRCL.

Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run Superfast Express special train between Indore – Kochuveli – Indore during summer season via Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers in co-ordination with Western Railway.  Details are as under.

Train no. 09310/09309 Indore – Kochuveli – Indore Superfast Express

Train no. 09310 Indore – Kochuveli will be run on June 9, 16, and 23. The train will leave from Indore at 2105 hrs and reach Kochuveli at 1910 hrs on Thursday.

On the occasion of the World Environment Day, a group of Konkan Railway employees conducted a Cycle Rally at 0900 hrs from Konkan Railway’s Corporate Office at Belapur via Vashi, Airoli, Thane-Belapur Road, Kharghar and back to Belapur. On the occasion, CMD/KRCL, Shri Bhanu Prakash Tayal, also inaugurated a Cycle Stand for the employees at the Corporate Office building in order to draw more employees to take to cycling.

Contributing on a mega scale to energy conservation and environment preservation through its daily operations, Konkan Railway has now changed all the light fittings in its 91 tunnels to LEDs, thus reducing the Carbon foot-print considerably. Konkan railway has also taken to Plantation in a big way on an annual basis along its entire route which has given it the unique identification of “Garden Railway”.

As the monsoon has arrived in Konkan region, Konkan Railway has completed all its planned safety works on its route from KOLAD (after Roha station of Central Railway) to THOKUR (before Mangalore station), and is geared up for the monsoon. Special attention has been laid on geo-safety works, like flattening of slopes, rock bolting,  shotcreting inside tunnels, storm water drain cleaning / lining, construction of RCC retaining walls and loose scaling.

As a part of Rail Yatri Upbhokta Pakhwada, observed between 26th May to 9th June 2015, various activities as below were undertaken over the entire stretch of Konkan Railway.

Due to Heavy rains and water logging on Central Railway route, Train No. 12051 Dn Janashatabdi Express of 19.06.2015 was cancelled. As a result, Train No. 12052 Up Janashatabdi Express leaving Madgaon on 20.06.2015 for Dadar (Mumbai), will remain to be cancelled.

Inconvenience caused to our esteemed passengers is deeply regretted.

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 Central Railway.  The details are as under :-

1). Train no. 01001/01002 Mumbai CST – Madgaon -Mumbai CST Reserved special

Commencing its Silver Jubilee celebrations with “Sadar Seva with a Smiling Face”, Konkan Railway is taking steps towards upgrading various passenger amenities at its Stations and enhancing the satisfaction quotient of its esteemed passengers through better services.

THEIR EXPERIENCES

The lifeline of the West Coast to the Nation – the Konkan Railway – will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee on 15th Oct, 2015. The long association and goodwill of the customers has made this journey memorable for Konkan Railway.