Dear Friends,

Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is the lifeline of Konkan region in particular and that of Nation at large. As such, the trust and faith of millions of customers, be it passengers or bondholders or general populace along this Railway Line, is interlinked to the growth of the Corporation. It, therefore, gives me immense pleasure and pride to be the head of this organisation.

With the completion of operational phase, we are marching ahead creating new milestones and new benchmarks of efficiency.

Passengers are our main focus and we are constantly upgrading the passenger amenities. 25 pairs of mail/express trains and 5 pairs of passenger trains are running on Konkan Railway system. Two new Three-Line Crossing Stations at Nandikur and Vinhere were commissioned on 18/09/2010 and 09/04/2010 respectively. Passenger amenities like Foot Over Bridges, High Level Platforms and Platform-Shelters were added at many stations.

In order to further strengthen the commitment towards better Customer Services, KRCL has introduced “Shravan Seva” for Senior Citizens travelling over Konkan Railway. This scheme includes extending a Helping Hand to them by an Attendant to carry their luggage at boarding/ alighting points. This facility can be availed by sending an SMS four hours in advance of their journey, indicating their PNR, Coach and Seat Number on Mobile No.09664044456. These services are available at Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Thivim, Karmali and Madgaon Stations to start with. This service is being rendered by KRCL, FREE OF COST as a mark of respect to our senior citizens.

For diet conscious passengers, Diet and Diabetic Meal Services are being rendered on demand by KRCL in 10111/10112 Konkan Kanya and 10103/10104 Mandovi Express on its route for its esteemed passengers.

Two new Bi-weekly Mail/Express trains were introduced during this Financial Year. Both are running punctually and are well patronised.

Konkan Railway ran 717 Summer Season, Ganpati and Other Specials to clear extra passenger traffic on KR system. The number of services run were 38% higher than those run last year.

Konkan Railway is considered as an engineering marvel as it is a very difficult terrain. The peculiar geology of the Konkan belt is a constant challenge to railways.

We are carrying out geo-safety works regularly, such as stabilization of slopes, making our tunnels safer by Rock-bolting and shotcreting. We have planted more than 79.12 lakh saplings of Vetiver grass on slopes along the Konkan Railway Route to arrest soil erosion.

The safety and security of passengers is of paramount importance to us, therefore, we have recently installed CCTV and Metal Detectors at Madgaon and Thivim Stations.

We are into infrastructure business too.

290 Kms. of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project is being constructed by Indian Railways as National Project in the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Out of this, KRCL has been entrusted with construction of 72.91 kms. from Katra to Dharam. This 72.91 km alignment passes through rugged terrain and steep slopes, involves construction of 31 tunnels of total length about 57.13 km, 44 Major bridges of different types across deep gorges and valleys and two special steel arch bridges across Chenab and Anjikhad with arch span 467m and 265m respectively. The inaccessible terrain necessitated construction of approximately 188 km of approach roads. The two special bridges across the river Chenab and Anjikhad have height of 359m, 189m respectively from the bed level. Chenab Bridge, on construction and completion, will qualify for more than one world records.

‘Anti-Collision Device Network’ (also called ‘Raksha Kavach’, meaning ‘A Train Safety Shield’) is an on-board Train Collision Prevention System has been invented and patented by Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. This System has been implemented on Konkan Railway and North East Frontier Railway. To take the Technology ahead, Joint Scenario, ACD trials were conducted on Southern Railway to prove its suitability for Electrified Multiple Line and Suburban Section. The results of trials were encouraging as during the process we could remove the Guard ACD. For the budget of 2011-12, implementation of ACD has been sanctioned for South Central Railway, South Eastern Railway, Eastern Railway and East Coast Railway.

The Skybus Metro concept development by KRCL is an interesting and innovative approach of dealing with challenges of urban mass transportation. In order to take this Project ahead Konkan Railway has gone for Global Expression of Interest which was opened on 10.01.2011. M/s. Punj Lloyd, Delhi has responded to this Tender and further action is being taken accordingly to develop the Project.

Successfully installed Telemedicine at Ahmedabad (on 22.4.09) and at Dahod (on 25.9.09) connecting these two places with Western Railway HQ hospital at Mumbai and Southern Railway HQ hospital at Chennai. The process of installation of Telemedicine at Ajmer and Jaipur is under advanced stages of implementation.

Every year KRCL is organising excursions/trips to Goa for children suffering from cancer of Tata Memorial Hospital from Mumbai to Goa and back. This gesture has been appreciated by one and all.

Our Motto is “Sadar Seva”; we render services to our most valued Customers with an ever smiling face and untiring efforts for making KRCL a responsive and vibrant Organisation for achieving greater heights of Success for a Better Tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting our website and if you have any valuable suggestions, please do not hesitate to email us on  esmdkrcl@gmail.com   because we can’t spell out  S_ccess without ‘U’.

Jai Hind!

(Bhanu Prakash Tayal)

Managing Director