Konkan Railway Case Study

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Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC) is related to the Indian Railways (IR). It operates the Konkan Railways, a related zone of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai. The company started its full operations of trains on 26 January 1998.The first passenger train which ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993 between Udupi and Mangalore. Konkan Railway Corporation is at the leading position of research and development of new technologies and concepts for Indian railways. During its beginning years of operations in the mountainous Konkan region, a spate of accidents prompted Konkan Railway to investigate new technologies. The anti-collision devices, the Sky Bus and RORO are a few of the innovations from Konkan Railways.
RORO

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RORO means Roll-on/roll-off, where loaded trucks are directly carried by railway wagons to their destination. Konkan Railways passes through tough terrains of India. There is NH-17 passing through same route. Truck drivers find it extremely difficult to drive loaded trucks through Ghats, undulating surfaces, narrow roads and poor road and weather conditions. The KRC came with concept of RORO, where loaded trucks are moved on wagons and are travelled by train. This has helped in saving of fuels, decrease …show more content…

The courage, spirit, skills and efforts of the Indian engineers has led to the success of this project. This project was an accomplishment of a long cherished dream of the people of the region. It proved to be a life- changing experience for the engineers as they had overcome all the odds in completing this project, which also brought a moment of pride and satisfaction among them. The project was completed in the 50th year of independence of India. The first Konkan train was flagged off on the occasion of Republic Day on 26 January

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